FYI: Find out when Kilkenny club championship matches will be played

The countdown is well and truly on to the knockout stages of the senior, intermediate and junior hurling championships in Kilkenny.

After a relentless four weeks of games, players earned a much needed break last weekend, some looking ahead to potential league and shield finals, others to first round/relegation showdowns.

FYI: What we know after four rounds of the Kilkenny hurling leagues

This weekend the balls will be thrown in for the final round of matches with games starting simultaneously at 3pm on Saturday (senior), 1.30pm on Sunday (intermediate) and 5pm later that day (junior).

By 6.15pm on Sunday evening, teams will know their championship fate....

Stay tuned to Kilkenny Live for the pre-weekend permutation.