With the GAA Leagues over for 2018, it can only mean one thing. The countdown to the Hurling Championship is well and truly on.
This year, Littlewoods Ireland are entering their second year of sponsorship of the All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.
You are going to need to be organised because this summer is set to be jam packed with matches! So here is the low down on what is happening and when.
There are lots of changes to coming the Hurling Championship this year. Probably the most notable is that Provincial Championships will be played in a round robin format.
This means for all of May, and some of June, there are going to be five rounds of matches played within Leinster or Munster.
Leinster
Round One
13th of May 2018: Leinster Round One – Offaly 
v 
Galway (O’Connor Park, Tullamore)
13th of May 2018: Leinster Round One – Dublin 
v Kilkenny 
(Parnell Park, Dublin)
Round Two
20th of May 2018: Leintser Round Two – Kilkenny v Offaly (Nowlan park, Kilkenny)
20th of May 2018: Leintser Round Two – Wexford 
v Dublin (Wexford Park, Wexford)
Round Three
26th of May 2018: Leinster Round Three – Offaly v Wexford (O’Connor Park, Tullamore)
27th of May 2018: Leinster Round Three – Galway v Kilkenny ( Pearse Stadium, Galway)
Round Four
2nd of June 2018: Leinster Round Four – Wexford v Galway (Wexford Park, Wexford)
3rd of June 2018: Leinster Round Four – Dublin v Offaly (Parnell Park, Dublin)
Round Five
9th of June 2018: Leinster Round Five – Kilkenny v Wexford ( Nowlan Park, Kilkenny)
9th of June 2018: Leinster Round Five – Galway v Dublin (Pearse Stadium, Galway)
Munster
Round One
20th of May 2018: Cork 
v Clare 
(Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork)
20th of May 2018: Limerick 
v Tipperary 
( Gaelic Grounds, Limerick)
Round Two
27th of May 2018: Tipperary v Cork (Semple Stadium, Thurles)
27th of May 2018: Clare v Waterford
( Cusack Park, Ennis)
Round Three
2nd of June 2018: Cork v Limerick ( Páirc Uí Chaoimh)
3rd of June 2018: Waterford v Tipperary (Gaelic Grounds, Limerick)
Round Four
10th of June 2018: Limerick v Waterford (Gaelic Grounds, Limerick)
10th of June 2018: Tipperary v Clare (Semple Stadium, Thurles)
Round Five
17th of June 2018: Clare v Limerick (Cusack Park, Ennis)
17th of June 2018: Waterford v Cork ( Semple Stadium)
Final Stages
All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals
7th / 8th of July 2018: Joe McDonagh Cup winner/ runner up v Leinster 3rd place team
7th / 8th of July 2018: Joe McDonagh Cup winner/ runner up v Munster 3rd place team
All-Ireland quarter-finals
15th of July 2018: Leinster runner up v winner of preliminary quarter finals
15th of July 2018: Munster runner up v winner or preliminary quarter finals
All Ireland Semi Final
28th / 29th of July: This year, the Leinster and the Munster Provincial Final are set to played on the same date and both will be held in Croke Park.