Allianz Hurling League final: All You Need to Know

SATURDAY

Clare v Kilkenny, Semple Stadium, 7.15pm.

ONLINE

Live blogs on RTÉ Sport Online and the RTÉ News app.

RADIO

Live commentary RTÉ Radio 1's Saturday Sport.

TV

TG4 will have live coverage of the final, while you can watch highlights and analysis on Allianz League Sunday at 9.30pm on RTÉ2 on Sunday night.

WEATHER

Saturday night will bring clear spells and scattered blustery showers. Lowest temperatures of 6 to 8 degrees with fresh, gusty southwest winds. Storm Kathleen's arrival means that a yellow weather warning is due to be in place for the first half anyway.

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The curtain will be drawn on Saturday evening on the Allianz Hurling League and small ball enthusiasts will be hoping the finale matches the drama of the top-tier football encounter last Sunday.

A penalty shootout in hurling always feels a little more unlikely - we're still awaiting a Liam MacCarthy championship game to be decided by such means even if it's happened in the lower tiers - while the recent history of this fixture might not lend itself to people putting money down on a first league trophy to be decided by placed balls.

While both counties have been well placed in the Limerick chasing pack, Kilkenny have had the hoodoo over the Banner by dint of successive All-Ireland semi-final victories.

The 2022 encounter was a huge letdown for Brian Lohan’s men, less than a month