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Robert Hynes

What time is the All-Ireland hurling final between Limerick and Waterford on today?

Limerick and Waterford are the two teams left standing for this year's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final.

The Treaty men were the outright favourites to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup at the start of the year and they have enjoyed a brilliant campaign, being crowned both Munster and Allianz League champions.

Waterford lost to Limerick in the Munster decider, but they have defeated Clare and Kilkenny since then and are just one game away from being crowned All-Ireland champions for the first time since 1959.

Here's what you need to know:

Where is the match?

Croke Park hosts the All-Ireland decider.

When is it?

The game takes place on Sunday, December 13.

A general view of Croke Park (©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo)

What time does it start at?

The action is scheduled to get underway at 3.30pm.

What channel is it on?

Both RTE Two and Sky Sports Mix will show the clash live.

You can also follow updates with The Irish Mirror's live blog here.

Limerick team

N Quaid (Effin); S Finn (Bruff), D Morrissey (Ahane), B Nash (South Liberties); D Byrnes (Patrickswell), D Hannon (captain, Adare), K Hayes (Kildimo-Pallaskenry); W O’Donoghue (Na Piarsaigh), D O’Donovan (Doon); G Hegarty (St Patricks), C Lynch (Patrickswell), T Morrissey (Ahane); A Gillane (Patrickwell), S Flanagan (Feohanagh-Castlemahon), G Mulcahy (Kilmallock).

Subs: B Hennessy (Kilmallock), C Boylan (Na Piarsaigh), A Breen (do.), P Casey (do.), R Connolly (Adare), A Costello (Kilmallock), R English (Doon), R Hanley (Kilmallock), P O'Loughlin (do.), D Reidy (Dromin-Athlacca), P Ryan (Doon).

Waterford team

S O’Keeffe (Ballygunner); I Kenny (do.), C Prunty (captain, Abbeyside), S McNulty (De La Salle); Calum Lyons (Ballyduff Lower), T de Búrca (Clashmore/Kinsalebeg), K Moran (De La Salle); J Barron (Fourmilewater), K Bennett (Ballysaggart); J Fagan (do.), N Montgomery (Abbeyside), S Bennett (do.); D Hutchinson (Ballygunner), A Gleeson (Mount Sion), J Prendergast (Lismore).

Quotes corner

Limerick selector Donal O’Grady: “From looking at the lads from the outside as a supporter for a couple of years after I finished, the physique, the speed they’re going at now, getting faster and faster and I was kind of questioning would I ever be able to mix it inside there.

“Then when you see them up close at training and I suppose the whole scientific approach to training now has gone to another level as well. All that is incorporated into Paul Kinnerk’s methods with training.

“It’s just all a totally new level for me, looking in anyway, and obviously other counties are at that level as well.”

Waterford's Conor Prunty: "Limerick certainly have a lot of big men around the field, yeah, but I think a lot of teams do at the moment.

"Every game of hurling is different in a way. You come across a lot of different types of teams and I think physicality is a word that gets thrown around.

"But I think all hurling teams are physical. Ye as a media might brand them maybe as the most physical, but you come across a team like Kilkenny who are physical as well.

"Dublin are physical. Tipperary are physical, Waterford are physical. You can say it about every team. I think it's true, really."

Betting odds

Limerick win: 2/5

Waterford win: 5/2

Draw: 10/1

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