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E-mailNY GAA : Offaly wins hurling championship
Powerful Offaly Win Hurling Crown
Offaly 4-14 Tipperary 2-11
THE reigning hurling champions Offaly won their third title in a row when they used a dominating first half performance to get ahead of rivals Tipperary, scoring three second half goals to make sure of the win.
With weekend players Pat Hartley and Richie Hogan in sparkling form, they were able to withstand a 1-5 onslaught in the second half by Tipp and reply with a closing 3-2 to 1-1 to outdistance their opponents.
The game opened with Tipp getting the first two scores from Niall Healy and Davie Loughnane. It was to be the only time they led during the game.
Offaly used a 1-4 onslaught to turn the tide, with points from Darren Reilly, Richie Dollard (two), Hogan and Danny Currans.
With 11 minutes on the clock an advancing Shane Sweeney was taken down just outside the penalty box, and Hogan drilled the free past a five man Tipperary line in goal.
Paudie Ryan had a point for Tipp but wides from frees. A brace of points by Hogan gave Offaly a 1-7 to 0-3 lead; his second was a majestic score.
Healy had two points for his side as the half came to a close, but they were cancelled out by a Sweeney score and a Currans effort. Currans had shown early that he was a thorn in the defense with his running at the backline.
Offaly had a goal at the break called back as the buzzer had sounded, but their dominance to this point was pronounced.
Healy and sub John Broderick swapped scores to open the second half before Hogan had his fifth point of the afternoon seven minutes in.
Tipperary had brought in Jason Phelan and John Madden by this junction, and the speed of Phelan began to cause problems for Offaly. He was fouled nine minutes in, and Kieran Bergin stepped up and drove the free to the net.
Healy converted three frees and also had a point from play in the next seven minutes and Tipperary had pulled back the deficit to a point, 1-10 to 1-11.
Offaly readjusted, however, and steadied the ship with some positional changes. A long ball from Aiden Ryan in goal found Richie Dollard, and his cross field pass was snatched by Sweeney who had finally slipped the shadow of Ger Mahon. The big full forward blasted to the net.
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