The draw has taken place for the first round qualifiers and there’s a few cracking ties in there

Nearly every county has played their first championship match in 2017.

With that, half of the counties have already been knocked out of their provincial championship so that only means one thing, the qualifiers. The draw has been broken up into 1A and 1B which is based on when teams are beaten. Ties from 1A will take place on the weekend of  17 June and 1B will take place a week later on the weekend of 24 June. Venues and times will be confirmed later in the day. 1A Draw  Derry v Waterford Louth v Longford Wicklow v Laois Sligo v Antrim 1B Draw  Westmeath/Offaly v Cavan/Monaghan Armagh v Fermanagh Limerick v Wexford London v Carlow Hurling Qualifier draw Laois v Antrim/Carlow