FYI: Details of Kilkenny's league and Leinster Championship matches for 2026
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Kilkenny's Allianz National Hurling League and Leinster Championship fixtures for the 2026 campaign have been announced. - FIXTURES BELOW
Last weekend, Kilkenny began the new season with an experimental line-up in a challenge match loss to Tipperary 1-20 to 1-11.
Attention now turns to the league season on Sunday, January 25 with a home match against Offaly, with a trip to face All-Ireland champions Tipperary in FBD Semple Stadium finishing off their campaign on Saturday, March 21.
The Cats, who won their 77th Leinster title last June, will begin the defence of their title against last year's beaten provincial finalists Galway in Pearse Stadium on the weekend of April 18/19 and conclude the round-robin stages in Parnell Park against Dublin on the weekend of May 23/24.
ALLIANZ LEAGUE FIXTURES:
- Saturday, January 24 - UPMC Nowlan Park - Kilkenny v Offaly, 2pm.
- Sunday, February 8 - TUS Gaelic Grounds - Limerick v Kilkenny, 3.45pm.
- Saturday, February 21 - UPMC Nowlan Park - Kilkenny v Waterford, 1.45pm.
- Sunday, March 1 - UPMC Nowlan Park - Kilkenny v Cork, 3.15pm.
- Saturday, March 7 - Pearse Stadium - Galway v Kilkenny, 5.15pm.
- Saturday, March 21 - FBD Semple Stadium - Tipperary v Kilkenny, 7pm.
LEINSTER CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES:
- April 18-19 - Galway v Kilkenny
- April 25-26 - Kilkenny v Wexford
- May 9-10 - Offaly v Kilkenny
- May 16-17 - Kilkenny v Kildare
- May 23-24 - Dublin v Kilkenny
- June 6 - Leinster Final