All-Ireland Hurling Championship 2016: Kilkenny vs. Tipperary Date, Time, More

Defending champions Kilkenny battle Munster kingpins Tipperary for the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship at Croke Park on Sunday as one of nation's most popular sports reaches its conclusion in Dublin.

Kilkenny once again reigned supreme in Leinster to claim their spot in the showpiece, defeating Galway to set up the clash in the capital city for the coveted Liam MacCarthy Cup.

The two sides share 62 All-Ireland senior titles between them. However, the Premier County have only lifted the overall title twice, compared to the Cats' 12 victories.

Here is vital fixture information for hurling fans:

Date: Sunday, September 4

Time: 3:30 p.m. BST/10:30 a.m. ET

Venue: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland

Preview

Tipperary will hope to repeat its final success from 2010 when it defeated Kilkenny for the famous trophy.

Since then, the Premier have tamed the Cats in championship competition, prevailing when the teams have met.

Kilkenny's fitness and experience once again see them make the final, storming past Galway with a typical late surge.

Waterford seriously challenged the Leinster champions in the last-four, but the Cats were too good when it mattered at the death, winning a replay after a classic first battle.

Here are video highlights of the match when the two finalists last met in the marquee tie in 2010:

Tipperary are bidding to become the first Munster champions to win the All-Ireland title since Cork in 2005.

The Premier prevailed in 2010 and Clare won the title in 2013; both won the cup having come through the qualifiers.

Tipp manager Michael Ryan has billed the reigning champions as the "masters of intensity" ahead of the final on Sunday, as quoted by John Mullane of the Belfast Telegraph. 

Brian Cody is the tactical master of these events, and has made an art of deconstructing opponents.

Mullane wrote:

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He [Cody] really is a genius when it comes to plotting a pre-match strategy, and we have some recent history to call upon between Kilkenny and Tipperary to back up this point.

In the 2011 final, Cody put Eddie Brennan on Padraic Maher, who, at the time, was in Hurler of the Year form. He also positioned Henry Shefflin on John O'Keeffe, who was playing in his first final for Tipp.

Both match-ups worked out in Kilkenny's favour and now we have a similar situation in the Tipperary half-back line, where Maher is once again showing Hurler of the Year form and there's another man in the No.5 shirt, Seamus Kennedy this time, preparing for an All-Ireland final debut.

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Tipperary have a punchers chance of winning the All-Ireland, but Kilkenny will be many neutral's favourite heading into the match.

Their superior experience and winning mentality make them a formidable foe in battle, and Cody's knowledge of big matches gives his side a magnificent advantage.