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All the hurling championship permutations

Published 18:08 9 Jun 2019 BST

Niall McIntyre
All the hurling championship permutations

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The hurling championship is alive.

Leinster championship

[caption id="attachment_202484" align="alignnone" width="603"] Table from RTÉ website.[/caption] Above is the state of affairs in Leinster with all the counties still in contention having one game left to play.

Fixtures

Saturday June 15

Wexford v Kilkenny, Wexford Park, 7.00 Dublin v Galway, Parnell Park, 7.00

Permutations

Galway

  • If Galway get a win or a draw against Dublin they are in the Leinster final
  • If Galway lose to Dublin then they will qualify in third place IF there is a winner in Kilkenny v Wexford
  • If Galway lose to Dublin and Kilkenny Wexford draw then Galway will be out on score difference

Dublin

  • If Dublin beat Galway, the winner of Kilkenny v Wexford will play them in final
  • If Dublin draw with Galway they are out unless Kilkenny beat Wexford by eight points or more

Kilkenny

  • If Kilkenny win or draw against Wexford they are through to the Leinster final
  • If Kilkenny lose to Wexford, they will need Galway to beat Dublin in order to qualify as a third place team

Wexford

  • Wexford need to beat Kilkenny to get through to the Leinster final
  • If they lose, they will still go through IF Galway beat Dublin
  • If they lose and Dublin beat Galway by more than a point, then they are out.

Munster championship

[caption id="attachment_202486" align="alignnone" width="752"] Munster table courtesy of RTÉ[/caption]

Fixtures

Tipperary v Limerick, Semple Stadium, 2.00 Clare v Cork, Cusack Park, 2.00

Tipperary

  • Tipperary are through to the Munster final unless they lose to Limerick and Cork beat Clare by more than 25 points

Limerick

  • Limerick will be through to Munster final if they beat Tipp and Clare get a result against Cork
  • If Limerick beat Tipp and Cork beat Clare, then it will come down to score diff between Tipp, Limerick and Cork for Munster final spot.
  • If Limerick draw with Tipp and Cork beat Clare then Limerick will go through as third placed team.
  • If Limerick lose to Tipp and Cork get a result against Cork, Lim will go through as third placed team.
  • If Limerick lose to Tipp and Clare get a result against Cork - Limerick still likely to go through on score diff

Cork

  • Through to Munster final if they beat Clare
  • Through to Munster final if they draw with Clare and Tipp get a result against Limerick
  • If they lose to Clare and Tipp beat Limerick, they will still go through on score diff
  • If they lose to Clare and Limerick beat Tipp, they are out
  • If they lose to Clare and Limerick and Tipp draw, they are out

Clare

  • If they beat Cork and Limerick beat Tipp, they are through
  • If they beat Cork and Tipp beat Limerick, score diff will be used and they'll look like going out

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