Here is how fans are preparing for the first big clash at Páirc Uí Chaoimh later

The highly anticipated Munster clash between Clare and Tipperary in the All-Irealnd Senior Hurling quarter-final is just hours away.

The highly anticipated Munster clash between Clare and Tipperary in the All-Ireland Senior Hurling quarter-final is just hours away, writes Ciara Phelan.

The game which is nearly sold out will see over 40,000 revellers head to the newly refurbished grounds for the first taste of inter-county hurling.