[2][3] Cavan re-entered the National Hurling League in Division 3B, having previously withdrawn.
Eir Sport and TG4 provided live TV coverage of the league on Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons respectively.
The Division 1 hurling quarter-finals and semi-finals will finish on the day the games are played avoiding the need for replays.
This will prevent games from going to a replay and allow the league finals to be held on the scheduled date.
The hurling quarter-finals finish on the day the games are played, avoiding the need for replays.
Each team nominates five players to take frees from their chosen position on a sixty five metre line selected by the referee and without defenders.
[12] The hurling semi-finals finish on the day the games are played, avoiding the need for replays.
Each team nominates five players to take frees from their chosen position on a sixty five metre line selected by the referee and without defenders.