Quarter Finals promise lots of high quality action:
The line-up for the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Semi-Finals will be decided next
Saturday when Galway take on Tipperary in TUS Gaelic Grounds (6.15pm) and Dublin face Limerick in Croke Park (4pm) in the Quarter-Finals. The Galway-Tipperary winners will play Cork in the Semi-Final, with the Dublin-Limerick winners taking on Kilkenny.
Limerick v Dublin
Limerick are in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals for the first time since 2018,
when they beat Kilkenny. They arrive here as beaten Munster finalists;
Dublin finished third in Leinster and beat Kildare in the Preliminary
Quarter-Final.
CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS SO FAR…
DUBLIN
Dublin 1-25 Offaly 2-19
Dublin 3-26 Wexford 4-19
Dublin 3-25 Antrim 0-19
Kilkenny 5-19 Dublin 3-21
Galway 0-29 Dublin 3-15
Dublin 3-25 Kildare 0-13 (All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final).
TOP SCORERS
Sean Currie………….5-52 (0-34 frees, 2-0 pens, 0-4 ‘65s’)
Cian O’Sullivan……..2-16
Ronan Hayes………..3-3
Conor Donohue…….0-9
John Hetherton……..2-5.
LIMERICK
Tipperary 2-23 Limerick 2-23
Limerick 0-28 Waterford 0-22
Limerick 3-26 Cork 1-16
Clare 3-20 Limerick 0-24
Cork 1-30 Limerick 2-27 aet (Cork won 3-2 on penalties) Munster Final
Won 3, Drew 1 Lost 2.
TOP SCORERS – 2025 SHC
Aaron Gillane…………2-32 (0-23 frees, 1-0 pen)
Tom Morrissey………..0-18 (0-5 frees)
Adam English…………..2-11
Shane O’Brien…………2-11
Diarmaid Byrnes……….0-10 (0-53 frees).
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHOP MEETINGS
They meet for the first time since 2015 when Dublin won a qualifier by a
point:
2015: Dublin 1-17 Limerick 1-16 (All-Ireland Qualifiers)
2011: Dublin 3-13 Limerick 0-18 (All-Ireland Quarter-Final)
2009: Limerick 2-18 Dublin 1-17 (All-Ireland Quarter-Final)
2006: Limerick 2-16 Dublin 1-13 (All-Ireland Qualifiers)
1934: Limerick 5-2 Dublin 2-6 (All-Ireland Final) Replay.
DUBLIN IN ALL-IRELAND QUARTER-FINALS
They have won one and lost six of their previous six appearances in
Quarter-Finals. Their only win came against Limerick in 2011:
2024: Cork 0-26 Dublin 0-21
2023: Clare 5-26 Dublin 2-17
2021: Cork 2-26 Dublin 0-24
2015: Waterford 2-21 Dublin 1-19
2014: Tipperary 2-23 Dublin 0-16
2011: Dublin 3-13 Limerick 0-18
2009: Limerick 2-18 Dublin 1-17.
LIMERICK IN QUARTER-FINALS
This will be their tenth Quarter-Final appearance, having won four and lost
five of the previous nine:
2018: Limerick 0-27 Kilkenny 1-22
2014: Limerick 4-26 Wexford 1-11
2012: Kilkenny 4-16 Limerick 1-16
2011: Dublin 3-13 Limerick 0-18
2009: Limerick 2-18 Dublin 1-17
2007: Limerick 1-23 Clare 1-16
2006: Cork 0-19 Limerick 0-18
2005: Kilkenny 0-18 Limerick 0-13
2001: Wexford 4-10 Limerick 2-15.