As things turned out, it was even worse than Offaly feared and their worse nightmare unfolded. It was clear that Tipp would win by a huge margin from the throw-in as they hit the ground running and showed that they were in a take-no-prisoners mood.
With the wind on their backs, they had five points on the board almost in the blink of an eye and a sixth-minute goal from Mark Kehoe ended the game as a contest. They went on the rampage, reaching double figures in points by the 14th minute and they were 1-21 to 0-8 ahead when Seamus Callanan got their second goal in the 27th minute.
Tipp led by 3-25 to 1-10 at half time with nine players contributing to their score. A mixture of Offaly digging in and Tipp visibly easing off allowed the home side to hold their own for the third quarter. Charlie Mitchell and Cillian Kiely, from a free, got goals as Offaly outscored them by 3-3 to 0-8 in the first 18 minutes of the second half.
The gap, however, was still huge, 3-33 to 3-13 and unfortunately for Offaly, Tipp found another gear in the last quarter as they introduced subs determined to make their mark. Mark Kehoe , Jason Forde and sub John McGrath ran in goals from the 63rd to 69th minutes as Offaly heads dropped and Tipp flew at them.R Shelly; E Connolly , M Breen, C Morgan; B O’Mara , R Maher, D McCormack ; C Stakelum , N McGrath ; A Tynan , J Forde , S Kennedy ; J Morris , S Callanan , M Kehoe .
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