Galway face Tipperary and Cork face Waterford in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship semi-finals.
Both matches take place on Saturday, with Galway v Tipperary kicking off at 3pm and Cork v Waterford at 5pm.
Galway will be hoping for a repeat of last year's turbulent semi-final, in which they snatched a place in the All-Ireland final from Tipperary in dramatic fashion.
Galway took the final three points, including a stoppage-time winner from Carrie Dolan, having gone two points down after 56 minutes.
Both teams have since lost players for various reasons, but cruciate ligament injuries to Eimear McGrath and Clodagh Quirke have been particularly devastating for the Blue and Gold following the departures of Kate Devane, Mary Ryan and Nicole Walsh.
Galway are without Niamh Kilkenny and Aine Keane, but they do have Shauna Healy and Emma Helebert. They look to be in better form than they were 12 months ago, although they seemed to have timed things almost perfectly in dominating Cork in the final.
The Rebels thrashed them in the league final but Cathal Murray's men have since won their group, picking up the last six points against Waterford when the scores were level with just over four minutes remaining in the final game.
Niamh Mallon and Dalton have been the main scorers, while the defence of Healy, Helebert, Dervla Higgins and Roisin Black looks solid.
Tipp lost their first game to Cork by 18 points, but bounced back with easy wins over Wexford, Limerick and Clare, winning by 11-62, averaging over 3-22 per game. Clare put Waterford under serious pressure in the quarter-finals, losing the week to Premier by 20 points.
Tipp were fortunate to get through a thrilling quarter-final against Kilkenny, and were very fortunate when a Cats goal was disallowed by referee Ray Kelly giving a penalty before Caoimhe Keher Murtagh scored.
Walsh's successor in the Tipp No 1 shirt, Laura Leenane, saved a shot from Ife Prendergast
The game went into extra time and Clodagh McIntyre, who had returned from substitution, scored a sensational goal to give Tipp the win.
Karen Kennedy, Grace O'Brien, Mairéad Eviston, Karin Blair and Roisin Howard are among the leaders Denis Kelly can turn to.
Another fierce competition awaits us.
Cork v Waterford
It is a repeat of the 2023 All-Ireland final and Waterford will be hoping for a different result to the one that saw Amy O'Connor score a hat-trick in two minutes as the Rebels cruised to victory.
It was a bad day for Waterford, with Vikki Falconer, brought on to replace O'Connor to repeat her season-long heroics, suffering an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the third minute. Beth Carton also missed a penalty, and it was a day to remember.
Carton also saved a penalty in the quarter-finals as Deise challenged for the title as favourites, but thanks to Niamh Rockett's excellent play and delivery, Annie Fitzgerald and Abbie Flynn's occasional danger in their passing, Lorraine Bray's second-half presence and a superb Falconer goal from Roisin Begley, they won by 10 points despite missing several scoring chances.
However, Cork have certainly noted the problems caused by Aine O'Loughlin and it would not be surprising to see a goal-scoring player of Sorcha McCarten's calibre on the edge of the area at some point.
Of course, the Rebels have a huge range of talent and their style of play is based more on speed and movement than long balls. McCartan, however, made a huge impact as a substitute in last year's All-Ireland final and Ger Manley is lucky to have such an unusual arrow in his arsenal.
Aisling Thompson remains a key cog in the engine room, with Laura Tracy and Libby Coppinger at the heart of a solid defence.
There seems to be no end to the Mackey twins, Pamela and Katrina, and no matter who Manly sends up front, they are currently racking up points, with newcomer Clodagh Murphy standing out.
The Leesiders are looking to win three games in a row and are overwhelming favourites to win promotion but if Waterford can produce their best performance they have the attacking talent to ask questions of their Munster neighbours.
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