This is going to be epic!

The new-look Leinster Senior Hurling Championship commences on the weekend of 12th and 13th May and all the counties are ready for battle.

Players and mentors from Galway, Kilkenny, Wexford, Dublin and Offaly attended the Championship launch at McKee Barracks, Dublin, on Thursday, 26th April.

Leinster and All-Ireland Champions Galway will travel to Tullamore to face Offaly in the opening game of the season on Saturday, 12th May, while Dublin and Kilkenny will enter the fray the following afternoon at Parnell Park.

The round-robin format will feature two top-class fixtures for five successive weekends. Wexford’s opening game is on Sunday, 20th May at home to Dublin, while Kilkenny host Offaly the same afternoon.

The top two teams after all games are completed will contest the Leinster SHC final at Croke Park, while the third placed team will also progress to the All-Ireland series.

Tickets are now on sale at gaa.ie/tickets while further information on Group Passes and Family Tickets is available on leinstergaa.ie/tickets

Read our big build-up to the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship by clicking on the photo below or by opening this link:

2018 Leinster Senior Hurling Championship

26 April 2018; In attendance at the Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship 2018 Launch are, from left, Eoin Murphy of Kilkenny, Chris Crummy of Dublin, Gearóid McInerney of Galway, David Dunne of Wexford, and David King of Offaly, at McKee Barracks in Cabra, Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile