The day Tipperary pulled up to the big table for good

We’ve come a long way when the question you’re asking each other this morning is whether Tipperary could take down a Tyrone or a Mayo in an All-Ireland football semi-final.

Crease your forehead some more. We’re just getting started and there’s three weeks of it ahead. Tipperary have now seen off Cork, Derry and Galway, and for evidence that they’re getting the hang of putting manners on traditional betters, there was no coughing up a big lead this time at Croke Park.

They went 11 points clear running Galway into a terrible heap, and finished winning by nine - having converted only three of seven clear goal chances.