Here’s the Clare team for today’s game with Barry Duggan and Shane Brennan the new players in from the Munster semi-final win over Limerick.

CLARE: Joe Hayes; Kevin Harnett, Barry Duggan, Laurence Healy; Enda Coughlan, Gordon Kelly, John Hayes; Gary Brennan, Ger Quinlan; Shane Brennan, Shane McGrath, Alan Clohessy (capt); Rory Donnelly, David Tubridy, Michael O’Shea.

We have not got the confirmed Cork team yet but there is speculation that there will be changes from the side announced during the week. Here’s all you need to know about today’s game.

There’s already been silverware handed out at the Gaelic Grounds this afternoon with Tipperary claiming their second successive Munster MFC crown with a 2-14 to 1-14 victory over Kerry. Here’s how that game unfolded.

We’re almost set to get underway in the Gaelic Grounds. Cork chasing their first Munster senior football title since 2009 and Clare their first since 1992. Cork are overwhelming favorites but Clare have a couple of class players in Gary Brennan and David Tubridy, and the outsiders will be highly motivated to perform.

Cork 0-1 Clare 0-0: Positional changes in the Cork attack see Ciaran Sheehan start at centre-forward, Fintan Goold at wing-forward and Aidan Walsh inside at the edge of the square. And it’s Walsh who gets Cork off the mark with an early point before moving back out to midfield in a switch with Nicholas Murphy.

And in the Cork defence, it looks like Noel O’Leary will play at centre-back in the absence of captain Graham Canty.

Cork 0-2 Clare 0-0: Ciaran Sheehan stretches Cork’s lead but Paul Kerrigan fails to add to that tally by dropping his shot short. Clare off target with their early scoring efforts from Shane McGrath and David Tubridy. 5 minutes gone here.

Cork 0-2 Clare 0-1: That should help settle Clare’s nerves. Captain Alan Clohessy is pushed in the back by Eoin Cotter and a free is awarded which chief marksman David Tubridy from Doonbeg converts from the left wing. At the other end Colm O’Neill sees his right-foot shot tail wide.

Cork 0-3 Clare 0-1: Cork’s half-forward line already look like they can cause Clare problems with Ciaran Sheehan curling over a beautiful point. And Cork nearly open Clare up for a goal then when Nicholas Murphy palms down for Donncha O’Connor to have a shot that is blocked by centre-back Gordon Kelly.

Cork 0-3 Clare 0-2: Clare trim the gap to one when Rory Donnelly fist over a point. The move was started by a brilliant catch and run by midfielder Gary Brennan who is ensuring Clare stay competitive in that sector. 13 minutes gone.

Cork 1-4 Clare 0-3: But Cork’s response is telling at the other end when they find the net. The move is started by a brilliant catch by Aidan Walsh from Alan Quirke’s kick out and when the ball is transferred to Donncha O’Connor, he sends it through to Fintan Goold. The Macroom man gallops clear and after overcoming the injury the kept him out of the Munster semi-final win over Kerry, he unleashes a fierce right foot shot to the top corner of the net. A cracking goal for Cork and it is followed up by a neat point by Colm O’Neill. To their credit Clare bounce back with a Michael O’Shea score at the other end. 15 minutes gone.

Cork 1-4 Clare 0-4: And another point for Clare with Kilkee attacker Michael O’Shea again on target. There was a possible goal chance in the build-up to that move but Tubridy’s shot is blocked. Interestingly Clare are making headway on the right flank of their attack in opening up the Cork defence.

Cork 1-5 Clare 0-4: Clare cough up possession around their half-forward line and Cork break at speed with Paul Kerrigan tearing forward, offloading to Colm O’Neill and his right-foot shot squeezes inside the post for his second point of the game.

Cork 2-5 Clare 0-4: The power and pace that Cork possess is already starting to tell as they grab their second goal of the game. Midfielder Aidan Walsh charges through the defence and unleashes a terrific left-foot shot to the bottom corner of the net. Clare nearly respond with a goal of their own but Gary Brennan’s strike flashes across the goalmouth and Tubridy cannot get on the end of it. 22 minutes gone.

Cork’s shooting is letting them down as they attempt to push further ahead. Donncha O’Connor, Fintan Goold and Paul Kerrigan have all been guilty of missed chances in the last few minutes.

Cork 2-5 Clare 0-5: David Tubridy taps a close-range free over the bar after Eoin Cadogan pulls back Rory Donnelly when the Clare forward was about to bear down on goal. Cadogan gets booked but Cork will be glad with the outcome as that would have been a huge goal chance for Clare.

Cork 2-6 Clare 0-6: Gary Brennan has demonstrated what a superb midfielder he is to date in this game and now he’s got on the scoresheet with an excellent long-range point. Cork respond though immediately with Donncha O’Connor lobbing over his first score of the game with a left-foot shot after a great catch by Nicholas Murphy created the opening. 29 minutes gone.

Cork 3-6 Clare 0-6: That could be a critical moment in the game. Cork grab their third goal of the match with Nicholas Murphy palming to the net after Paul Kerrigan had made an incisive run and playing the ball across. But there is a suspicion that Murphy was in the square and that goal should have been disallowed. Clare goalkeeper Joe Hayes certainly thought so and was irate with the decision. A big blow for Clare to be trailing by nine points approaching half-time.

Cork 3-7 Clare 0-7: Cork’s Paul Kerrigan pushes them further ahead with a point but the experienced Michael O’Shea, Clare’s best forward so far today, then hits his third score of the game with an excellent shot from the left wing. We’re entering injury-time at the end of the first-half.

HALF-TIME – Cork 3-7 Clare 0-7: And that’s it at the break, as Cork lead by nine points. Goals by Fintan Goold, Aidan Walsh and Nicholas Murphy have put daylight between the teams. Cork the better team with their greater physique, power and attacking options proving integral to them establishing a lead. Clare have battled well with Gary Brennan and Michael O’Shea both impressing but the concession of that third goal before half-time was a major setback.

Here are the scorers from the first-half of the match.

CORK: A Walsh 1-1, F Goold, N Murphy 1-0 each, C O’Neill, C Sheehan 0-2 each, D O’Connor, P Kerrigan 0-1 each.

CLARE: M O’Shea 0-3, D Tubridy 0-2 (0-2f), R Donnelly, G Brennan 0-1 each.

We’re about to get underway for the second-half here with Cork leading by nine points at the break. Controversy surrounds that third goal before half-time as it looks like it should have been ruled out for a square ball.

Two changes on the Clare team at half-time with Graham Kelly and Niall Browne both on as Enda Coughlan and Ger Quinlan make way.

Cork 3-9 Clare 0-7: Cork are starting to stamp their authority now on the game in the early stages of the second-half. Points by Ciaran Sheehan and Donncha O’Connor have seen them go 11 points clear with 39 minutes gone.

Cork 3-9 Clare 0-8: Clare pull a point back through David Tubridy but again they had a great chance for a goal there only for Rory Donnelly’s shot to be cleared off the line earlier in the move by Eoin Cotter.

Cork 3-9 Clare 0-9: Michael O’Shea on target again for Clare after David Tubridy weaves his way through the Rebel rearguard. Cork nearly grabbed their fourth goal of the game before that but Colm O’Neill saw his piledriver stopped on the line by the Clare defence. 45 minutes gone here.

Cork 3-10 Clare 0-10: The Clare full-forward line are continuing to make their mark on the scoreboard with Rory Donnelly raising a white flag on this occasion. However Cork quickly cancel out that score when Colm O’Neill points off his right. Cork are doing just enough to keep in control of this game and Clare really need to find a way to hit the net if they are going to mount an unlikely comeback. 48 minutes gone.

Cork 3-11 Clare 0-10: Colm O’Neill grabs a point from play, striking off his left. Prior to that O’Neill had seen both efforts from a long-range free and a ’45 cannon off the upright in quick succession. Cork have introduced Eire Og clubman Daniel Goulding to their attack instead of Nicholas Murphy.

Cork 3-11 Clare 0-11: Centre-back Gordon Kelly charges forward to keep the scoreboard ticking over for the Banner men. They’ve brought David Tubridy out to the half-forward line in an attempt to salvage this game. But with 17 minutes remaining and facing a nine-point deficit, it’s going to be a tough task.

Cork 3-12 Clare 0-11: That’s the difference between the teams. Cork are proving clinical in front of goal with Paul Kerrigan the latest player to raise a white flag for Conor Counihan’s men. Denis O’Sullivan is on in the half-back line instead of Paudie Kissane.

Cork 3-13 Clare 0-12: There has to be credit due to Clare in the manner in which they are matching Cork score for score in the second-half of this clash. Gary Brennan steps in off the left wing and confidently knocks over a point off his right. But Cork respond once more with Daniel Goulding hitting his first score of the game as he shows composure to split the posts from the left wing. There’s a change in the Cork midfield with Carbery Rangers James Fitzpatrick on for Alan O’Connor.

Cork 3-13 Clare 0-13: Another Clare point through Rory Donnelly this time after great work by defender Laurence Healy. 34 year-old David Russell, one of the survivors from the Clare team that contested the 2000 Munster final, is introduced to this match instead of Alan Clohessy.

Clare have pushed Gary Brennan into the edge of the square. They need goals and they need them fast if they are to haul Cork back. But time is running out with only nine minutes of normal time left and there is a sense that they needed to hit the net early in the second-half if they were going to move into contention.

Cork 3-15 Clare 0-13: This is getting comfortable for Cork with Ciaran Sheehan hitting a point off his left and then Daniel Goulding popping over a shot off his right. It’s looking like the first provincial senior football title of 2012 is heading towards Leeside.

Cork have a glorious chance for a fourth goal after Colm O’Neill and Daniel Goulding combine to open up the Clare defence to send Paul Kerrigan clear. Yet goalkeeper Joe Hayes stands tall to block the Nemo Rangers man’s shot. Substitutes on the Cork team with Barry O’Driscoll and Mark Collins entering the match as Ciaran Sheehan and Fintan Goold make way. Their spot in the All-Ireland quarter-finals on the August Bank Holiday weekend looks assured at this juncture.

Clare bring Shane McNeilis into their defence for Barry Duggan. They’re continuing to be frustrated up front though with Cork’s defence getting bodies back to crowd the Clare attack out. The latest chance falls to Niall Browne but he is denied by a despairing block.

Ciaran Sheehan has just been handed the official man-of-the-match award on the back of an excellent display of creative attacking at centre-forward. It’s a notable memento for the 21 year-old as this year’s Munster final proves a more memorable affair in comparison to the corresponding fixture twelve months ago when he tore his cruciate ligament against Kerry in Killarney.

Cork 3-16 Clare 0-13: Barry O’Driscoll taps over another point for his first score since coming on as a substitute for Cork. A late change on the Clare team with Conor Talty, son of former Galway star Brian, coming on for Shane Brennan.

FULL-TIME – Cork 3-16 Clare 0-13: And that’s it, a comfortable victory at the finish for Cork as they run out twelve-point winners in the Gaelic Grounds.

The game unfolded as many observers had predicted with Cork setting the pace early on and storming into the lead on the scoreboard at an early stage. Fintan Goold’s cracking opening goal set the tone with Aidan Walsh and Nicholas Murphy raising further green flags before half-time. Murphy’s goal had a touch of controversy to it as it looked like he was in the square. That was a huge score in the context of shaping this game and ultimately Cork did enough in the second-half to stay ahead. They were sluggish at times as the game petered out to its inevitable conclusion. Yet the form of Ciaran Sheehan and Colm O’Neill was encouraging for Cork as they now go forward to the All-Ireland quarter-finals in four weeks time. They’re the first side to book their spot in the last eight of this year’s competition.

For Clare there will be disappointment in the end result but they stayed competitive for long stages which was the most important thing in the development of this team. The occasion and opposition were unlike anything they would have encountered before, and the experience should stand to them. Gary Brennan had a superb outing at midfield, David Tubridy got on a lot of ball in attack while corner-forwards Michael O’Shea and Rory Donnelly showed menace in the corners in notching some fine points. They needed a goal though to be in the hunt for honors but could not break down the Cork defence. Micheal McDermott’s side have three weeks now to get ready for round four of the All-Ireland SFC qualifiers and will watch the next couple of weeks of qualifier action with interest.

Here are the teams and substitutions from today’s game.

CORK: Alan Quirke; Ray Carey, Michael Shields, Eoin Cadogan; Paudie Kissane, Eoin Cotter, Noel O’Leary; Alan O’Connor, Aidan Walsh; Ciaran Sheehan, Fintan Goold, Paul Kerrigan; Colm O’Neill, Donncha O’Connor, Nicholas Murphy. Subs: Daniel Goulding for Murphy, Denis O’Sullivan for Kissane, James Fitzpatrick for O’Connor, Barry O’Driscoll for Sheehan, Mark Collins for Goold.

CLARE: Joe Hayes; Kevin Harnett, Barry Duggan, Laurence Healy; Enda Coughlan, Gordon Kelly, John Hayes; Gary Brennan, Ger Quinlan; Shane Brennan, Shane McGrath, Alan Clohessy (capt); Rory Donnelly, David Tubridy, Michael O’Shea. Subs: Graham Kelly for Coughlan, Niall Browne for Quinlan, Denis Russell for Clohessy, Shane McNeilis for Duggan, Conor Talty for Shane Brennan.

That’s it from the Gaelic Grounds on an afternoon when the Tipperary minor footballers and Cork senior footballers are both celebrating after claiming provincial Munster trophies. They both advance to the All-Ireland quarter-finals in their respective competitions. For the Clare senior footballers the All-Ireland qualifiers beckons while the Kerry minor footballers will also get a second chance in the minor quarter-finals. Thanks for all your comments and joining us this afternoon. We’ll be going live minute-by-minute for the Leinster hurling final as Kilkenny face Galway in Croke Park shortly on TheScore.ie