The draws for the 2017 GAA Provincial Senior Football and Hurling Championships take place tonight, Thursday October 13 and will be broadcast live from 9.30pm on RTÉ2 television.

The draw for the Provincial Hurling Championships sees Meath enter the Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship for the first time since 2004 following their Christy Ring Cup success earlier this year, as Laois, Westmeath and Kerry complete the Leinster ‘Qualifier Group’ draw

2017 will see Kilkenny and Tipperary trying to retain their respective Leinster and Munster Hurling titles, while in football, Tyrone (Ulster), Galway (Connacht), Dublin (Leinster) and Kerry (Munster) will be aiming to retain their provincial titles.

The following people will take part in tonight’s draw:

PRESENTATION PANEL

Michael Lyster, Henry Shefflin, Liam Sheedy, Dessie Dolan, Joe Brolly

DRAW PRESENTATION

Marty Morrissey

LEINSTER HURLING

Michael Fennelly (Kilkenny)

John Horan (Leinster GAA)

MUNSTER HURLING

Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)

Jerry O'Sullivan (Munster GAA)

MUNSTER FOOTBALL

Liam Kearns (Tipperary manager)

Jerry O'Sullivan (Munster GAA)

CONNACHT FOOTBALL

Gary O'Donnell (Galway)

Mick Rock (Connacht GAA)

ULSTER FOOTBALL

Conor McManus (Monaghan)

Michael Hasson (Ulster GAA)

LEINSTER FOOTBALL

Jonny Cooper (Dublin)

John Horan (Leinster GAA)

GREEN ROOM PRESENTATION

Joanne Cantwell, Austin Gleeson (Waterford), Podge Collins (Clare), John Heslin (Westmeath), Tom Parsons (Mayo), David Treacy (Dublin), Martin McIlhinney (Donegal), Seamus Hickey (Limerick), Evan Comerford (Tipperary), Colm Keys (Irish Independent), Karl O'Kane (Irish Daily Star)