Last-gasp strike denies Faithful

THE fare was lacklustre in Tullamore yesterday but this NHL Division 1 match concluded in a blaze of drama.

Offaly clung to a two-point lead deep in injury-time and appeared on the cusp of a victory that would have concluded their league campaign on a positive note.

Instead Tipperary scrambled in the closing stages, holding their hosts scoreless in the final quarter and snatching success when Seamus Callanan hammered a 20-yard free low past a thicket of players and to the net in the 73rd minute.