LIMERICK v CLARE
They meet in the championship for a second successive year โ Limerick won last year in dramatic circumstances, edging out their neighbours on a penalty shoot-out after the sides finished level in extra-time in the Munster quarter-final.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2022: Limerick 2-16 Clare 1-19 aet (Limerick won 4-1 on penalties) Munster quarter-
final
2018: Clare 1-23 Limerick 0-14 (Munster quarter-final)
2017: Clare 1-13 Limerick 1-12 (Munster quarter-final)
2016: Clare 0-16 Limerick 0-13 (Munster quarter-final)
2015: Clare 0-15 Limerick 0-13 (Munster quarter-final)
*Limerick are having their first outing in this yearโs championship while Clare beat Cork by a point in the quarter-final in what was their first win over the Rebels in the championships since 1997.
*Both were relegated from Division 2 this year. Clare won two and lost five of their seven games; Limerick drew one and lost six. They met in Round 7 when Clare won by 2-18 to 0-9.
*Clare are bidding to reach the Munster final for the first time since 2012. Limerick were there last year and are now bidding to reach successive finals for the first time since 2009/2010.
*The winners will play Kerry or Tipperary in the Munster final.
DUBLIN v LAOIS
Laois are seeking their first championship win over Dublin since 2003 (Leinster semi-final), which was also the last time they won the Leinster title.
Dublin have beaten them nine times since then, the most recent coming two years ago in the Leinster semi-final.
LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS
2020: Dublin 2-23 Laois 0-7 (Leinster semi-final)
2018: Dublin 1-25 Laois 0-10 (Leinster final)
2016: Dublin 2-21 Laois 2-10 (Leinster quarter-final)
2014: Dublin 2-21 Laois 0-16 (Leinster quarter-final)
2012: Dublin 1-11 Laois 0-12 (All-Ireland quarter-final)
*Dublin are heading their first championship outing of the season having earlier won the Division 2 title after winning seven and losing one of eight games.
*Laois, who finished third in Division 4, beat Wexford by 2-17 to 2-13 in the Leinster first round last Sunday week. Mark Barry top-scored on 2-4.
*Dublin have beaten Laois by an average of 15.5 points in their last four championship meetings.
*This will be the 36th championship meeting between the counties with Dublin winning 28 to Laoisโ five, while two were drawn in the previous 35. The Laois wins came in 2003 (0-16 to 0-14 Leinster semi-final) 1981 (2-9 to 0-11 Leinster semi-final), 1971 (3-8 to 0-13 Leinster quarter-final), 1946 (Laois 1-3 Dublin 0-5 Leinster first round), 1929 (Laois 5-5 Dublin 3-10 Leinster semi-final).
*The last time Dublin failed to reach the Leinster semi-final was in 2004 when they lost to Westmeath in the quarter-final. Laois last reached the Leinster semi-final in 2020.
*The winners will play Kildare or Wicklow in the Leinster semi-final on April 30.
