GAA: Kildare face Laois in Joe McDonagh final, Galway take on Kilkenny in Leinster decider and all Tailteann Cup action
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Kildare and Laois get the action underway at Croke Park at 1.45pm as the Lilywhites bid for their very first Joe McDonagh Cup victory and a chance to play for Liam MacCarthy.
Galway will then try to stop Kilkenny's bid for a 77th Leinster title, and their sixth in a row, at Jones Road at 4pm.
Niall McIntyre guides you through all the hurling action and today's Tailteann Cup preliminary quarter-finals.
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