Cork will enjoy home advantage for the Allianz Hurling League final as they host Tipperary at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh next month.
Cork will be chasing their first title in 27 years in a decider against Tipperary on Sunday, April 6. Tickets go on sale at 4.30pm this evening from Ticketmaster here.
It will be the second time in three years that the final takes place at the home of Cork GAA, after Limerick won over Kilkenny in 2023. Before then, a Hurling League final hadn't been played on Leeside since 1980, when Cork beat Limerick after a replay.
The Offaly-Waterford Division 1B final will be the curtain raiser on the day, despite suggestions that both games would be played at Croke Park, which last staged a League final between Limerick and Waterford in 2019.
The upcoming final will be owing to a home-and-away arrangement between the two counties, the Irish Mirror reports. Although they haven't met in a League final since 1960, Cork and Tipp's last knockout tie in the competition was a semi-final played in Thurles in 2012 as Cork emerged victorious before losing the final to Kilkenny.
A decade years earlier, they played a semi-final tie at the old Páirc Uí Chaoimh when Cork emerged victorious but went on to be beaten in the final by Kilkenny.
The GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee have also mixed up the schedule somewhat for the coming weekend's Allianz Football League finals.
Traditionally, the Division Three and Four finals have formed a Saturday evening doubleheader, followed by the Division One and Two deciders the following day.
But this year the Roscommon-Monaghan Division Two decider will share the bill with the meeting of Wexford and Tipperary in Division Four at Croke Park on Saturday.
The Division One final between Mayo and Kerry will naturally enjoy the main billing on Sunday afternoon and will be preceded by the Offaly-Kildare Division Three decider.
