Eir Sport (formerly Setanta) and TG4 provide live coverage of the league on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons respectively, with highlights shown on GAA 2017 during the week.
In the Division 1 final on 23 April, Galway won the title after a 3–21 to 0–14 win against Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds.
On a pilot basis in 2017, the hurling quarter-finals and semi-finals will finish on the day the games are played avoiding the need for replays.
On a pilot basis in 2017, the hurling quarter-finals will finish on the day the games are played avoiding the need for replays.
Each team will nominate five players to take frees from their chosen position on the sixty five metre line.
[4] On a pilot basis in 2017, the hurling semi-finals will finish on the day the games are played avoiding the need for replays.