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Sky Sports Confirm Their 14 Exclusive Championship Games Will Include Five "Super 8" Fixtures

8 May 2018; Sky Sports today announced its GAA fixtures for the 2018 Championship from an event in Parnells GAA Club. A total of 20 live, and 14 exclusive, fixtures of Championship action will be available on Skys multi-platform offering. Exclusive coverage gets underway with a mouth-watering double-header on June 2nd when 2017 All Ireland Hurling Champions Galway take on Wexford and Cork take on old rivals Limerick in what are bound to be hotly contested fixtures. Kilkennys eight-time All-Ireland winner and three-time All Star, Michael Fennelly, will join a stellar line-up of GAA legends for Sky Sports' most exciting season of GAA coverage to date. This year will once again see insight and analysis across both codes from Tyrone hero Peter Canavan, former Mayo manager James Horan, former Donegal manager Jim McGuinness, former Dublin GAA star Senan Connell,  Clares two-time All-Ireland champion Jamesie OConnor, Kilkennys nine-time All-Ireland winner JJ Delaney and four-time All-Star defender Ollie Canning. Lead commentary will come from Dave McIntyre and Mike Finnerty with co-commentary from Nicky English, new addition Mick Fennelly, Dick Clerkin and Paul Earley, and sideline reporting from Damian Lawlor. Pictured at the launch are, from left, analysts Peter Canavan, Michael Fennelly, JJ Delaney, Senan Connell and Jamesie O'Connor at Parnells GAA Club, Dublin. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
Michael McCarthy
By Michael McCarthy
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Sky Sports have announced their live games, as well as their punditry and commentary teams for this summer's GAA Championship.

As before, Sky will broadcast 20 live games across the football and hurling championships, 14 of which will be exclusive to the broadcasters.

With the revamped nature of the hurling and football championships in 2018, the roll out of their fixtures have a slightly different look to previous years, with big games in the Leinster and Munster hurling championships dominating the action in the early periods, before the attention changes to football for the Qualifiers and the new "Super 8s".

Sky will have exclusive access to five of the twelve fixtures in the first "Super 8s".

Their coverage kicks off with a huge hurling double header on Saturday the 2nd June, starting with a repeat of last year's Leinster final as All-Ireland champions Galway visit Davy Fitzgerald's Wexford. That will be followed a huge game in the Munster Championships between Munster champions Cork and Limerick in the new Pairc Ui Chaoimh.

Exclusive Sky Sports GAA Fixtures:

Saturday, June 2: 

Wexford V Galway, 5pm

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Cork V Limerick, 7pm

 

Saturday, June 9: 

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Kilkenny V Wexford, 5pm

Galway V Dublin, 7pm

 

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Saturday June 23: 

Football Round 2 Qualifier, 5pm

 

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Saturday June 30

Football Round 3 Qualifier, 5pm

Football Round 3 Qualifier, 7pm

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Saturday July 7

Football Round 4 Qualifier, 5pm

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Football Round 4 Qualifier, 7pm

 

Saturday July 14

Football Quarter Final Series, Round 1, 5pm

 

Saturday July 21

Football Quarter Final Series, Round 2, 5pm

Football Quarter Final Series, Round 2, 7pm

 

Saturday August 4

Football Quarter Final Series, Round 3, 7pm

Football Quarter Final Series, Round 3, 7pm

 

As with previous years, Sky Sports will also broadcast all four All-Ireland semi finals and as well as both finals.

The football punditry team again includes Peter Canavan, James Horan, and Senan Connell, while there is the very welcome return of Jim McGuinness after his time out in China last season.  Paul Earley and Dick Clerkin will again the co-commentators.

For the hurling, the regular team of JJ Delaney, Jamesie O'Connor, Ollie Canning return, while Kilkenny's Michael Fennelly joins the team as a co-commentator as does the returning Nicky English.

 

 

 

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