Enda McEvoy: Tipp deliver thunderbolt, Cork's plight has seeped into the bone

Pundits got the All-Ireland final wrong for the right reasons. The outcome was unimaginable.

OUT ON HIS OWN: Tipperary's Noel McGrath during the homecoming celebrations of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Champions at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles, Tipperary. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Every so often, perhaps twice a decade, Croke Park throws up an occasion that is nothing short of astounding.

It is not necessarily because of the quality of the fare. It is not necessarily because of the result. It is not necessarily because that result came as a thunderbolt from a clear blue sky.