Championship countdown for football and hurling

Jack Fagan's Waterford will begin their Munster SHC title bid aginst Clare in a quarter-final at the end of June following the draws this morning on RTE's Morning Ireland.

All-Ireland hurling champions Limerick will begin their title defence against Cork in a Munster SHC semi-final.

Teams beaten in the opening-rounds will get a second chance in the qualifiers.

MUNSTER

HURLING

Quarter-final - Clare v Waterford; semi-finals - Limerick v Cork, Tipperary v Clare or Waterford

FOOTBALL

Tipperary will begin their Munster SFC defence against either Kerry or Clare in a semi-final.

The Munster SFC final is scheduled for Sunday 25th July and the winner of that game will play the Ulster champions in the All-Ireland semi-final in mid-August.

Munster SFC quarter-finals - Kerry v Clare; Waterford v Limerick; semi-finals - Tipperary v Kerry or Clare; Cork v Waterford or Limerick

The 2021 Connacht Football Championship draw will televised on the 6.01 News on RTÉ 1 this evening.

The 2021 Leinster Football and Hurling Championship draws take place on Morning Ireland on Tuesday at 7.30am and 8.30am respectively.

The 2021 Ulster Football championship draw will take place later that evening on the 6.01 News.

MONDAY

6.01 News - Connacht Football Draw

CONNACHT SFC

The Connacht Senior Football Championship is an open draw with Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo taking part.

Step 1: The first team drawn from Bowl 1 plays the second team in the Quarter Final.

Step 2: The third-team drawn goes into Semi-Final A and will play the winner of the Quarter Final.

Step 3: The fourth team drawn plays the fifth team drawn in Semi-Final B.

TUESDAY

Morning Ireland: Leinster Football at 7.30am Leinster Hurling at 8.30am

LEINSTER SFC

Bowl 1 – Dublin, Kildare, Laois, and Meath

Bowl 2 – Carlow, Wexford, Wicklow, Longford, Offaly, Louth, and Westmeath.

Step 1: The first team drawn from Bowl 1 plays in Quarter Final 1, the second and third teams are drawn from Bowl 2 and play in the Round One A fixtures, and the winner of that fixture will play in Quarter Final 1.

Step 2: This is repeated for the next two Quarter-Finals (2 & 3) & Round One Fixtures (B & C).

Step 3: The last team in Bowl 1 plays the final team in Bowl 2 in Quarter Final 4.

Step 4: A separate draw will be carried out for the Semi-Finals after the Quarter Finals games are played.

LEINSTER SHC

There is an open draw for the Leinster SHC Quarter-finals and Semi-Finals.

The four teams contesting the quarter-finals

Bowl 1 - Antrim Dublin, Laois and Wexford.

Bowl 2 - Kilkenny, Galway and the winners of the two Quarter-Finals

Step 1 - First four slips are drawn from Bowl 1:

The first team drawn plays the second team drawn in Quarter-Final A and the third team drawn plays the fourth team drawn in Quarter-Final B

Step 2 - Next four slips are drawn out from Bowl 2:

The fifth team drawn plays sixth team drawn in Semi-Final A and seventh team drawn plays eighth team drawn in Semi-Final B.

6.01 News: Ulster Football Draw

ULSTER SFC

Bowl 1: Antrim, Armagh, Donegal, Down & Fermanagh

Bowl 2: Cavan, Derry, Monaghan & Tyrone

Step 1: From Bowl 1, the 1st team drawn plays the 2nd team drawn in Preliminary Round.

Step 2: The four teams from Bowl 2 are added to Bowl 1, and teams are stirred.

Step 3: The third team drawn plays the winner of the Preliminary Round in the fourth quarter-final.

Step 4: The fourth team drawn plays the 5th team drawn in the first quarter-final and so on until and teams are drawn.