All-Ireland champions Limerick come into their semi-final clash with Galway as the odds-on favourites to lift the Liam MacCarthy Cup once again this year.
But the Treatymen have not played in four weeks since their Munster final win over Clare, not that they think that will be factor against Henry Shefflin's side.
Galway were defeated by Kilkenny in the Leinster final which lead to another frosty handshake between Shefflin and his former manager Brian Cody.
READ MORE: Kilkenny v Clare date, throw-in time, TV and stream information, team news, betting odds and more
The Tribesmen are the outsiders of the four teams left in the Championship with the bookies, but having won ten All-Irelands as a player, Shefflin won't be paying much attention to that.
The winners of this clash will meet either Kilkenny or Clare in the final.
Here's what you need to know:
Date
Sunday July 3.
Throw-in time
3.30pm.
Venue
Croke Park in Dublin.
TV and stream information
Both RTE Two and Sky Sports Arena will show the game live.
You can also follow live updates with The Irish Mirror's live blog.
Limerick team
Nickie Quaid; Sean Finn, Mike Casey, Barry Nash; Diarmaid Byrnes, Declan Hannon, Dan Morrissey; William O'Donoghue, Darragh O'Donovan; Gearoid Hegarty, Kyle Hayes, Tom Morrissey; Aaron Gillane, Seamus Flanagan, Graeme Mulcahy.
Subs: Barry Hennessy, Conor Boylan, Peter Casey, Aaron Costello, Colin Coughlan, Richie English, Robbie Hanley, Cian Lynch, Cathal O'Neill, Oisín O'Reilly, David Reidy.
Galway team
Éanna Murphy; Jack Grealish, Daithí Burke, Darren Morrissey; Padraic Mannion, Gearóid McInerney, Fintan Burke; Ronan Glennon, David Burke; Tom Monaghan, Conor Cooney, Joseph Cooney; Conor Whelan, Brian Concannon, Cathal Mannion.
Subs: Darach Fahy, Seán Linnane, Shane Ryan, Johnny Coen, Jason Flynn, Evan Niland, Cianan Fahy, Kevin Cooney, Jack Hastings, Gavin Lee, Ronan Murphy.
Quotes corner
Limerick's Gearóid Hegarty: “Time will tell in a couple of weeks as to whether we've learned our lesson from 2019 but we'll be fine, there'll be no fear of us.
“I'm sure the lads would have learned a lot from 2019 in terms of how to prepare us best. To be honest, I believe there is a little bit too much made of this four-week break.
“We went back training the Wednesday night after the Munster final so you have a three and a half week lead-in to the next game. That's not that long in my opinion.
“It's not just that we can train hard over the couple of weeks, it's that you can switch off from hurling completely, you don't have another game to deal with and you don't have another game to recover from and get up for another game after that as well.
“So there's a lot there, I think there's so many positives that go with that four-week break.”
Betting odds
Limerick win: 1/4
Galway win: 4/1
Draw: 10/1
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