The draws were conducted at Croke Park and broadcast live on RTÉ Two television, as well as being available live worldwide on RTÉ.ie.

Munster champions Tipp came so close to winning Liam McCarthy in 2009 but will have to start from scratch again, and the ganme drawn to be their first Championship outing was arguably the tie of the hurling draw as they face up to a Cork team keen to bounce back under Denis Walsh after a disappointing 2009 campaign.

The winners of that mouthwatering clash will face Limerick in the Munster semi-final with the other pairing seeing Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald facing the side he kept goal for for so often as the Deise were drawn out against Clare.

Meanwhile in Leinster, All-Ireland champions for the last four seasons Kilkenny will sit back and wait for the other seven counties participating in the province to get things going until they face either Carlow, Laois or Dublin in their semi-final.

Carlow, playing in the Liam McCarthy Cup as a result of their success in the Christy Ring Cup, will play in a Preliminary Round against Laois with the winners drawn to face last year's Leinster runners-up, Anthony Daly's Dublin, in the quarter-finals. The winners of that then go on to face Kilkenny, who received a bye to the last four.

The other side of the draw sees Wexford drawn to face Galway and Antrim taking on Offaly with the winners of those two games to meet in the provincial last four.

All-Ireland Hurling Championship Provincial Draws:

Munster SHC:

Quarter-Finals:
Tipperary v Cork

Semi-Finals:
Clare v Waterford
Limerick v Tipperary OR Cork

Leinster SHC:

Preliminary Round:
Carlow v Laois

Quarter-Finals:
A. Dublin v Carlow OR Laois
B. Wexford v Galway
C. Antrim v Offaly

Semi-Finals:
Winners Quarter-Final A v Kilkenny
Winners Quarter-Final B v Winners Quarter-Final C