Offaly shock Cork to earn place in final

Offaly 1-10 Cork 1-9

In the most wretched of conditions, they survived a tremendous second-half fight-back by the Leesiders, who paid the penalty for some dreadful finishing.

Offaly, who qualified for this semi-final by virtue of winning the B grade, produced a gutsy performance. Playing no-nonsense hurling in the difficult conditions, they knocked a highly-rated Cork team out of their stride with the ferocity of their challenge.