GAA: Newly crowned All-Ireland champions Kilkenny are likely to meet Dublin the 2012 Leinster SHC semi-finals after the draw was made on Thursday evening.
Dublin will have to beat either Laois or Carlow to get there, while Galway await either Antrim or Westmeath in the quarter-final. Offaly and Wexford will contest the other third quarter-final.
In Munster, Clare manager in waiting Davy Fitzgerald will face his old side Waterford in the semi-final, while a trip to Cork is the prize for the victor of Limerick and Tipperary’s preliminary clash.
LEINSTER SHC
Preliminary round
Westmeath v Antrim
Laois v Carlow
Quarter-final
Laois/Carlow v Dublin
Offaly v Wexford
Galway v Westmeath/Antrim
Semi-final
Galway/Westmeath/Antrim v Offaly/Wexford
Laois/Carlow/Dublin v Kilkenny
MUNSTER SHC
Semi-finals
Clare v Waterford
Cork v Limerick/Tipperary