Say what you want about this championship summer, but it has at least produced two refreshingly unfamiliar pairings in the two All-Ireland senior finals.

But while Galway and Armagh must wait until 28 July to battle it out for football supremacy, Munster counties Cork and Clare renew hostilities in this weekend's All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final.

It is an impossible final to call, but we know new kings will be crowned after Limerick's quest for an unprecedented fifth straight title was ended.

With excitement building, read all you need to know about the 137th All-Ireland Hurling final here.

After Limerick's domination of the caman game over the past four seasons, there is a fresh look to this year's All-Ireland Hurling Final as Clare face Cork in the battle to land the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

The Rebels, whose last of their 30 titles came way back in 2005, come into the decider as the dethroners of the Treaty men having beaten John Kiely's side twice en route to today.

Cork's first win over the four-in-a-row Munster champions came in an epic Munster clash in May, when Pat Ryan's side were on the brink of an early elimination after losing opening provincial games against Waterford and today's opposition.

Most pundits confidently expected Limerick to reverse that result in the All-Ireland semi-final a couple of weeks ago but the Rebels' resolve could not be denied as they ended the Shannonsiders' five-in-a-row ambitions by clinching a 1-28 to 0-29 victory.

Clare lost twice to Limerick in the Munster Championship - including a 1-26 to 1-20 defeat in the provincial decider - but regrouped to beat Wexford by 12 in the All-Ireland quarter-final before ending Kilkenny's title ambitions with a 0-24 to 2-16 semi-final win.

Despite the starkly different outcomes of their contests against Limerick, many pundits are backing Clare to win a first title since landing the Liam MacCarthy for the fourth time in 2013 when they beat the Rebels in a replay.

A then 19-year-old Shane O'Donnell notched a hat-trick of goals that day and he is among five players from 12 years ago who remain part of today's Banner squad.

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