Four-in-a-row All-Ireland champions Limerick will get their 2024 campaign underway with a home game against Cork in the opening round of the Co-op Superstores Munster Hurling League on Sunday, January 7.

The launch of the pre-season competition took place yesterday at Co-Op Superstores in Raheen, Co. Limerick, the flagship store in Dairygold’s retail network with players from the participating counties including Shane Meehan (Clare), Conor O’Callaghan (Cork), Fionnan MacKessy (Kerry), Cathal O’Neill (Limerick), Jason Forde (Tipperary) and Mark Fitzgerald (Waterford). 

 The opening game will take place on Tuesday, January 2 with Waterford travelling to play Kerry in Group B at Austin Stack Park, Tralee. 

The 2024 Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League final is scheduled for Sunday, January 21 and all games will be shown live, either via Munster GAA TV or TG4. 

"The Munster Council is pleased to facilitate this pre-season competition for our counties as it provides participating teams with a great opportunity to prepare for the very competitive Allianz League starting in early February," said Munster GAA chairman Ger Ryan.

"Great work is being done by Coaching and Games Development in all Munster counties and this competition gives counties the opportunity to introduce exciting young talent in to their team set-up and give them a flavour of the standards required at the top level.

"I am delighted that all six Munster counties are taking part in 2024 as the inter-county season returns in earnest in early January. Thanks to Co-Op Superstores for their continued support as competition sponsor and we look forward to working with them in the weeks ahead."

Groups

Group A: Clare, Cork, Limerick
Group B: Kerry, Tipperary, Waterford

Fixture Schedule

Group A: Limerick v Cork, Sunday January 7 at 2pm in a Limerick venue TBC

Group A: Clare v Limerick, Wednesday January 10 at 7pm in Sixmilebridge

Group A: Cork v Clare, Sunday January 14 at 2pm in Páirc Uí Rinn

Group B: Kerry v Waterford, Tuesday January 2 at 7:30pm in Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Group B: Waterford v Tipperary, Sunday January 7 at 2pm in Fraher Field, Dungarvan

Group B: Tipperary v Kerry, Sunday January 14 at 2pm in MacDonagh Park, Nenagh

Final: Sunday January 21

 

 

The launch of the 2024 @CoOpSuperstores Munster Hurling League took place on Monday December 18th at the Co-Op Superstores in Raheen, Limerick.https://t.co/M0e8o2GIjX pic.twitter.com/lADx63KWYF

— Munster GAA / Comhairle na Mumhan (@MunsterGAA) December 18, 2023

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