Liam Sheedy and his management team have named the Tipperary team ahead of this Sundays 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.
For this game Kiladangan’s Barry Hogan will make his Senior Inter County Championship debut in goals following some fine performances in the league.
The Tipperary Senior Hurling Team in full is:
There is no doubt that this game will be a very stiff test for Tipperary, especially given the fact that Clare have a game under their belt overcoming Waterford last weekend, but we have no doubt that Tipperary will be up to the challenge.
Sunday’s game will also see a welcome return of a limited amount of supporters attending the game and in looking forward to hearing our wonderful Tipperary supporters encouraging the players, we also encourage all supporters to be mindful of all public health and GAA guidelines in respect of the current Covid 19 epidemic. The players are playing their part on the pitch so let us play our part off it. If you are one of the lucky 3000 spectators travelling to the game, we wish you a safe trip and an enjoyable day supporting the blue and gold.
By Jonathan Cullen Fri 2nd Jul
