THERE was an air of inevitability about the way things unfolded in Sunday’s National Hurling League Division 1 shootout between Offaly and Tipperary in Tullamore.
Allianz National Hurling League Division 1 Round 2
Tipperary 5-24
Offaly 1-18
As we expected, Offaly were fully up for battle, playing with commendable spirit and endeavour, hitting the ground running and making things very difficult early on for an experimental Tipperary side, blooding a number of players.
The home side played with great intensity in that first half but had the wind on their back and the writing was on the wall when they trailed by 2-12 to 1-10 at half time. Their prospects of a shock win were up at that stage and there was no surprises whatsoever…