Throw-in
Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Sunday, 4pm.
Online
Live blog on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News Now App from 3.30pm.
Radio
Exclusive national radio commentary on Sunday Sport, RTÉ Radio 1, with commentary from Darragh Maloney and David Collins.
TV
The Sunday Game Live on RTÉ 2, from 1.30pm, will have expert analysis from Ger Loughnane, Henry Shefflin and Tomás Mulcahy, with commentary from Ger Canning and Brendan Cummins.
Highlights of the game, along with all the weekend's action, on The Sunday Game, RTÉ 2, from 9.30pm.
Past 5 Championship meetings
2017 Cork 1-25 Clare 1-20 (Munster final)
2015 Cork 0-20 Clare 0-17 (All-Ireland qualifier)
2014 Cork 2-23 Clare 2-18 (Munster semi-final)
2013 Clare 5-16 Cork 3-16 (All-Ireland final) Replay
2013 Clare 0-25 Cork 3-16 (All-Ireland final) Draw
Form Guide
Clare, perhaps can take more from their league campaign on the back of three wins from five and then being involved in that titanic struggle with Limerick in the quarter-final. The latter just prevailed after two periods of extra time and the subsequent free-taking shootout as dusk settled.
The Rebels began the year with a win over Kilkenny, but did not see success again until their relegation play-off victory over Waterford - their most complete performance to date.
Cork boss John Meyler will be under pressure to build on a good 2017 that saw the county claim an unexpected Munster title under Kieran Kingston's tutelage. Eoin Cadogan, Tim O'Mahony, Robbie Flynn and Jack O'Connor were additions that added greatly to the squad during the league.
Meyler has a couple of injury concerns to deal with, but his troops will be keen to make most of their home comforts with two games to come at Semple Stadium - a venue that Cork would also consider a home venue.
It's five years since Clare beat today's opponents in the All-Ireland final and while many expected the Banner to feature on the big day again, they quite simply have not shown anywhere near the same intensity since.
Gerry O’ Connor and Donal Moloney are in their second year at the helm and oversaw a side that boasted the best defensive record in the league. Conor Cleary's move to full-back has given them greater solidity, while up front their potential for getting big scores remains.
Player Watch (Seamus Harnedy)
The Imokilly clubman made his championship debut in 2013 and has been pivotal presence in the Cork attack ever since. After captaining his club to county success last autumn, Harnedy was handed the captaincy for 2018.
The 27 year-old was something of a late developer and never made the cut at U21 or minor level for the Rebels. Fitzgibbon Cup success for 2012 and 2013 enhanced his development after first getting into the Cork squad in '11.
An All Star followed in the year Cork lost out to Clare in an epic All-Ireland battle.
Ian Galvin (Clare)
One of the Banner young guns that excelled in the U21 grade. A younger brother of Colm, Ian was on the UL side that claimed the Fitzgibbon Cup. During the league, his introduction from the bench further enhanced his growing reputation.
Manager Watch
John Meyler (Cork)
The Wexford native was part of the Cork 1986 All-Ireland winning squad. He has had a varied management career since. In 1993, he famously guided the Kerry hurlers to victory over Waterford in the Munster championship, while also overseeing a promotion to the top flight in the league. He would later return to the Kingdom hotseat and was in charge when the Munster side won the Christy Ring Cup in 2011.
Meyler also took charge of his native county and Carlow and was a selector on the Cork team in the early 2000s. In 2017, his U21 Cork side reached a Munster final.
On landing the senior job with the Rebels, Meyler revealed to RTÉ Sport that the potential within the Cork side convinced him to make the step up.
"You have to give it serious consideration because the pressure on inter-county managers today goes on the individual, on the family, on your work situation and they’re extremely challenging," he said
"You have to be ready to do that and you have to work it out and plan it out. You really have to sit down and think about it and it’s not just about me, it’s about the team that’s around me.
"It’s about the selectors, the coaches, the medical staff, they’re critical in inter-county today, they’re probably more critical than me because they have massive input. What you’re trying to do is get the best out of everyone.
"I think Ciaran introduced five young players last year. [There’s a] plethora of talent here in Cork at the moment."
Gerry O’Connor/Donal Moloney (Clare)
It's a second year at the helm for the duo and in may respects it's a pressure year. Getting to a Munster final last year was fine and with it a place in the All-Ireland quarter-final but the Banner fans won't more.
Word out of the camp is that management are satisfied that the group of players have upped their application as collectively they all strive to land silverware again. It's 1998 since Clare last reigned supreme in Munster.
The new format sees Clare playing two games in Ennis and Gerry O'Connor wants his charges to build 'Fortress Cusack.
He told RTÉ Sport: ""We wanted to turn Cusack Park into a fortress. We were very vocal is saying that to the media and the players.
"And the players responded and the Clare supporters came out.
"There are a lot of preconceptions about Cusack Park, one that it is a very tight pitch.
"It’s actually bigger than Thurles and Croke Park – it’s just that the ground is so down on top of you that it feels like a smaller pitch. But we love playing there. And we’re used to playing there."
The former Offaly star singles out one Cork attacker.
Weather
Sunday will be generally rather dull and damp with patchy outbreaks of rain. Temperatures will range between 14 and 16 degrees with light to moderate southerly winds. Later in the day the winds in the west of the country will veer to the north introducing cooler weather there. For more go to met.ie
