BREAKING: Green light for TV coverage of Limerick's big hurling league clash with Cork

LIMERICK hurling fans will able to watch the county's glamour Allianz Hurling League Division 1A clash with Cork on TG4 this weekend.

The action will be available to viewers across multiple platforms, with TG4’s live coverage beginning on the TG4 Player and TG4 App from 7:25pm on Saturday night, ahead of throw-in at 7:30pm.

This exciting encounter will showcase two of hurling’s powerhouse counties as they battle it out under the lights in one of the standout fixtures of the Allianz Hurling League.

Commentary for the match will be provided by TG4’s expert GAA Beo team led by Micheál Ó Drisleáin & Pat Fleury, bringing viewers all the action, insight, and analysis from SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Supporters who are liviing abroad will be able to watch the game on GAAGo.

TG4 has already agreed to showing Dublin and Donegal this Saturday at 7:30 but the Irish language broadcaster have been granted permission by Croke Park to livestream Limerick's Allianz Hurling League Division 1A opener with 'the Rebels'. 

Before TG4 intervened, the round two National Hurling League clash was not going to be televised. 

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."

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."