If there’s a message Clare want to get across, it’s that they know their support will be outnumbered on Sunday.

Waterford selector Dan Shanahan says previous clashes between his side and Kilkenny will have no bearing on Sunday’s All-Ireland semi-final.

Much of the coverage in the lead-up to Sunday’s Munster senior hurling final between champions Limerick and Cork has related to Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

1. Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Cork hurling manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy has welcomed the confirmation of Páirc Uí Chaoimh as the venue for the Munster senior hurling final.

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Limerick GAA is now counting the cost of the pitch invasion that greeted Limerick’s first Munster SHC title since 1996.

Cork boss Jimmy Barry-Murphy has won a phenomenal 24 Munster championship medals.

THE Munster senior hurling final isn’t just a game, it’s an occasion, an event long-established in the Irish psyche, and not just among GAA supporters.

Cork people can enjoy a cheap nosh-up if their senior hurlers and footballers manage to pull off one point wins in their respective upcoming Munster finals.

The Munster Council last night voted against Waterford’s application to have their provincial final against Tipperary moved to Thurles.

It was June 2006, the build-up to the Munster senior hurling final in Semple Stadium between Cork and Tipperary, Lar Corbett was talking about a young neighbour of his.

SEMPLE STADIUM may host one of this year’s All-Ireland senior hurling semi-finals if Thurles Town Council is successful in a plea to the GAA as part of the town’s celebrations at being the European Town of Sport for 2012.

WHAT can you write under a scoreline like that?

THE Leinster senior football final and the Munster senior hurling final are two of the most attractive sporting events of the weekend for punters but I really cannot envisage an upset in either match.

Davy Fitzgerald has named his Waterford side for Sunday's Munster Senior Hurling final against Tipperary in Pairc Ui Caoimh.

MEATH County Board secretary Cyril Creavin is disappointed the All-Ireland SFC qualifier between the Royals and Laois will be staged outside the province.

MUNSTER COUNCIL chiefs wanted to play their provincial senior hurling final replay between Cork and Waterford on Sunday afternoon but a request to do so was rejected by Croke Park.

FAVOURITES Cork will have Tom Kenny back in action at midfield, alongside Cathal Naughton, for Sunday’s GAA Munster hurling final against Waterford in Thurles.

It is vital that Cork win the Munster Senior Hurling final in order to avoid Kilkenny, according to Rebels star Seán Óg Ó hAilpín.

They’re playing it down, but Tipperary and James Woodlock are ready to prove they can win a battle with Waterford, says Diarmuid O’Flynn.

WATERFORD boss Davy Fitzgerald said his side are facing an injury crisis ahead of the Munster senior hurling final.

ANOTHER Munster final passes, and with it, a sense of sadness. Its timing is always at the turn of the year, just after the summer solstice, with the evenings starting to close back on us again.

THERE are two major challenges occupying the mind of Tipperary hurler Lar Corbett this week.

ALL eight qualifier games in the first round of the Bank of Ireland football championship will be played next Saturday, with the Kildare/Offaly tie in Newbridge — seen as the main attraction — timed for 2.30.

Waterord champions Ballygunner won their first ever Munster Senior Hurling Final at Semple Stadium when they defeated Blackrock of Cork in a pulsating game of hurling.

Tipperary hurling star Tommy Dunne is winning his battle to be fit for the Munster Senior Hurling Final on Sunday, July 1.

Tipperary have been dealt a double body blow in their preparations for the Munster Senior Hurling Final against Limerick with the news that midfielders Conor Gleeson and Tommy Dunne are both rated very doubtful.