Overview
- Galway beat Kilkenny 3-24 to 1-16 on Saturday after John Donnelly’s red card, with debutant Rory Burke scoring 2-2 as Conor Whelan later received a second yellow.
- Offaly and Dublin drew 4-22 to 2-28 after Donal Burke landed a late long-range point, with Offaly’s front line of Adam Screeney, Charlie Mitchell and Dan Bourke driving a frantic contest.
- Derry defeated Antrim 2-23 to 1-13 with goals from Lachlan Murray and Paul Cassidy, and they will face Monaghan next after Ciaran Meenagh called for sharper finishing despite the 13-point win.
- Louth routed Wexford 1-25 to 0-11 and Kildare edged Laois 2-20 to 2-15 to reach the Leinster semi-finals, setting up ties against Dublin for Louth and Westmeath for Kildare.
- Focus now shifts to Munster with Clare v Waterford at 2pm in Ennis and Tipperary v Cork at 4pm in Thurles live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player, where the round-robin sends only three of five teams through and early points can decide summer paths.