Declan Hannon in action against Alan Connolly during the Munster SHC clash between Limerick and Cork last year, PICTURE: Sportsfile
LIMERICK hurling fans could yet be able to watch the county's glamour Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash with Cork on TG4 this weekend.
The highly anticipated Munster derby takes place on Saturday evening, 7:30pm, at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
In a post on the RTE GAA 'X' social media channel this Tuesday, RTE indicated that they had "sought Cork-Limerick in the Allianz Hurling League as our match selection a number of months ago, but the counties could not accommodate. RTÉ subsequently chose Armagh-Tyrone."
Cork GAA indicated that they didn't want their round two Allianz Hurling League meeting with Limerick to clash with the Ireland's televised Six Nations opener against England on Saturday evening at 4:45pm.
In a statement, Cork GAA CEO Kevin O'Donovan said: "Having been particularly surprised to hear from Croke Park a number of weeks ago that Cork v Limerick was not to be the chosen game by broadcasters at the appointed time on Saturday, February 1st at 7.30pm, we were then asked if we wished to consider changing our game to an earlier time to facilitate broadcast.
"As this alternative time clashed directly with the Ireland v England Rugby game on the same evening, we sought not to deprive our own supporters of seeing both games We remain disappointed that our fixture will not be televised at the appointed time, but look forward to another spectacle with a packed house here at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday next."
TG4 has already agreed to showing Dublin and Donegal this Saturday at 7:30 but the Irish language broadcaster have now asked Croke Park to livestream Limerick's Allianz Hurling League Division 1A game with Cork on Saturday on the TG4 player.
A decision on whether TG4 will stream Saturday evening's hurling league game is expected this Wednesday morning.
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