Tipperary name their team to face Clare in Sundays Munster championship clash

Liam Sheedy and his management team have named the Tipperary team ahead of this Sunday's Munster Senior Hurling Championship Semi Final, which takes place in the LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick with a 3.45pm throw in.  

There have been 54 previous championship meetings between Tipperary and Clare. The Premier county leads the way with 37 wins to the Banner's 13, with four games drawn. Tipperary have won five of the last six encounters at LIT Gaelic Grounds (1993,2005,2008,2009,2011) while Clare won in 1994. The last six championship meetings resulted - 2008 Tipperary 2.21  Clare 0.19 (Munster final). 2009 Tipperary 3.18 Clare 1.22 (M semi final). 2011 Tipperary 4.19 Clare 1.19 (M semi final). 2017 Tipperary 0.28 Clare 3.16 (All Irl quarter final). 2018 Clare 1.23 Tipperary 1.21 (Munster Round Robin). 2019 Tipperary 3.21 Clare 0.17 (Munster Round Robin) . Since 2000 the counties have met eleven times in the championship, with Tipperary winning nine times and Clare twice.