WEEKEND BOOTROOM

TODAY

MUNSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL WATERFORD v CORK Fraher Field, 7pm LAST THREE MEETINGS June 2011 – Cork 5-17 Waterford 2-8 (Munster SFC semi-final) May 2009 – Cork 2-18 Waterford 1-7 (Munster SFC quarter-final) May 2001 – Cork 3-16 Waterford 1-7 (Munster SFC quarter-final) VERDICT: Cork. REFEREE: Rory Hickey (Clare) KEY STAT: Waterford’s last Championship win over Cork was in 1960 when they won a Munster semifinal by 1-9 to 0-11.

LEINSTER SHC QUARTER-FINAL WESTMEATH v OFFALY TEG Cusack Park, 7pm LAST THREE MEETINGS: May 2016 – Westmeath 2-22 Offaly 1-11 (Leinster SHC qualifier) February 2009 – Offaly 3-22 Westmeath 1-17 (NHL Div 2) February 2005 - Offaly 3-18 Westmeath 2-8 (NHL Div 2A) VERDICT: Offaly. REFEREE: Sean Cleere (Hurling) KEY STAT: The two sides meet for a second successive year in Leinster, having gone 40 years without crossing paths prior to that.

TOMORROW

LEINSTER SHC QUARTER-FINALS GALWAY v DUBLIN O’Connor Park, 4pm – RTE LAST THREE MEETINGS: February 2016 – Dublin 1-17 Galway 013 (NHL Div 1A) May 2015 – Dublin 0-20 Galway 1-17 (Leinster SHC quarter-final) June 2015 – Galway 5-19 Dublin 1-18 (Leinster SHC quarter-final replay) VERDICT: Galway. REFEREE: Barry Kelly (Westmeath) KEY STAT: Dublin haven’t lost their first Leinster game of the season since defeat to Wexford in 2007.

LAOIS v WEXFORD O’Moore Park, 2pm LAST THREE MEETINGS: March 2017 – Wexford 2-24 Laois 2-20 (NHL Div 1B) March 2016 – Wexford 0-22 Laois 0-21 (NHL Div 1B) March 2015 – Wexford 5-22 Laois 0-25 (NHL Div 1B) VERDICT: Wexford. REFEREE: Cathal McAllister (Cork) KEY STAT: This will be their first Championship clash since 2005 when Wexford won by 11 points.

ULSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL DERRY v TYRONE Celtic Park, 2pm - RTE/BBC LAST THREE MEETINGS: May 2016 – Tyrone 3-14 Derry 0-12 (Ulster SFC quarter-final) March 2016 – Tyrone 2-15 Derry 0-12 (NFL Div 2) February 2015 – Tyrone 0-11 Derry 1-08 (NFL Div 1) VERDICT: Tyrone. REFEREE: Maurice Deegan (Laois) KEY STAT: Derry are enjoying home advantage in their opening Ulster fixture for the fifth successive year, while Tyrone are on the road for the fifth time in six years.

CONNACHT SFC QUARTER-FINAL LONDON v LEITRIM, Ruislip, 3pm LAST THREE MEETINGS: March 2016 – Leitrim 1-16 London 1-11 (NFL Div 4) March 2015 – Leitrim 1-18 London 0-9 (NFL Div 4) April 2014 (Leitrim 2-6 London 1-7 (NFL Div 4) VERDICT: Leitrim. REFEREE: Noel Mooney (Cavan) KEY STAT: London have only won three games since joining the Connacht Championship in 1975.

MUNSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL CLARE V LIMERICK, Cusack Park, 3.30pm LAST THREE MEETINGS: May 2016 – Clare 0-16 Limerick 0-13 (Munster SFC quarter-final) May 2015 – Clare 0-15 Limerick 0-13 (Munster SFC quarter-final) April 2013 – Limerick 1-13 Clare 0-10 (NFL Div 4) VERDICT: Clare. REFEREE: Cormac Reilly (Meath)

KEY STAT: Limerick are looking for a first win over Clare since 2009.