Throw-in
Fitzgerald Stadium, Sunday 3 June, 3.30pm
Online
Live blog on RTÉ.ie and the RTÉ News Now App from 3.30pm
Radio
Updates on Sunday Sport on RTÉ Radio 1
TV
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: Kerry 1-18 Clare 1-12
2016: Kerry 2-16 Clare 0-11
2016: Kerry 2-23 Clare 0-17
2014: Kerry 1-17 Clare 1-13
2012: Kerry 2-22 Clare 1-6
Form guide
Clare have impressed during the league campaign, they finished third in Division 2 and were disappointed to miss out in a spot in the top flight.
Their good form continued into championship and they brushed past Limerick with relative ease in the first round of Munster winning on a score-line of 1-23 to 0-14. All of their scores bar one came from play.
In the past Clare have struggled to finish games strongly but that wasn't the case in the Gaelic Grounds and they outscored Limerick by 0-14 to 0-05 in the final 20 minutes to ease into the semi-finals.
Manager Colm Collins has freshened up his squad and he introduced six new players to the starting line-up for the Limerick game, goalkeeper Eamon Tubridy, defenders Cillian Brennan and Aaron Fitzgerald, Eoghan Collins and forwards Kieran Malone and Eimhin Courtney.
Clare’s last win over Kerry in the championship was in the 1992 Munster final but they will be confident that they can pull of a shock and book a place in their first Munster SFC final since 2012.
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Kerry have very much being rebuilding during the League and used 37 different players during their campaign and this experimentation lead to inconsistency in their performances.
They finished fifth in Division 1 winning three games and losing four. There have been questions marks over their defence as they conceded ten goals in those seven games.
Former Kerry footballer Tomás Ó Sé feels that Kerry need to test themselves against sides from outside of Munster.
"I don’t think in the last number of years that we can say we learned enough," Ó Sé told RTÉ Sport.
"Cork haven’t been going great, we seem to be able to get over Clare and Tipperary with no real major problems and we’ve come unstuck in the semi-finals.
"I think the Super 8s will allow you that bit of breathing area where you will improve. You’ll have tough matches but if you have a bad performance you still might be able to qualify and I think that’s what Kerry will need.
"I think the way the championship format is laid out this year is absolutely perfect for Kerry, if they progress from last year."
Player watch
Gary Brennan (Clare)
Gary Brennan is the heart and soul of this Clare football team. He leads by example and not just by working hard but also when it comes to shot selection.
Against Limerick he showed great patience when faced with a defensive wall and took the time to get the right position before kicking a long range score.
For 12 years he's been the driving force in the team, the engine and doesn't look like slowing down any time soon.
Paul Geaney (Kerry)
With so many young players on the Kerry team Paul Geaney is now one of the most experienced on the team.
Although still only 27 he is well aware of how young the new guard are and described the set-up as looking like an U-23 squad.
An All Star in 2016, Geaney admitted that Kerry's flat showing in the All-Ireland series last year was probably a result of them peaking too early in the season.
Expect Kerry to pace themselves better this year.
Manager watch
Colm Collins (Clare)
Colm Collins is credited with masterminding the revival of Gaelic football in the Banner County and he isn't done just yet.
Collins is five years into his tenure as the Clare manager and has raised the football standards to a whole new level.
They no longer make up the numbers and are indeed expected to compete at ever juncture. In May they registered their fifth straight championship victory over Limerick and will be eagerly anticipating their clash with Kerry.
Eamon Fitzmaurice (Kerry)
This Kerry team are coming in very much under the radar after a league campaign that didn't really ignite.
Early in the year they were without 17 players so Eamonn Fitzmaurice had no choice but to give youth its fling and that meant that there was very little expectation on their retaining their Division one title.
The Kerry manager is heading into his sixth championship campaign on Sunday and as always expectations in the county are high so this brings pressure.
More often than not they rise to the occasion.
Kerry: Shane Murphy, Jason Foley, Peter Crowley, Ronan Shanahan, Paul Murphy, Tadhg Morley, Gavin White, David Moran, Jack Barry, Micheál Burns, Seán O'Shea, Stephen O'Brien, David Clifford, Paul Geaney, James O'Donoghue
Clare: Eamon Tubridy, Gordon Kelly, Cillian Brennan, Eoghan Collins, Pearse Lillis, Aaron Fitzgerald, Cian O’Dea, Gary Brennan, Cathal O’Connor, Kieran Malone, Eoin Cleary, Jamie Malone, Eibhin Courtney, Keelan Sexton, David Tubridy.
