Strong start - and finish - sees Offaly 70 minutes away from promotion

In a game of four quarters, Offaly dominated the first and last periods while Tipperary controlled the middle two

HAPPY MAN: Offaly manager John Maughan 

Offaly 1-17 Tipperary 1-12

Offaly are 70 minutes away from promotion while Munster champions Tipperary will have to beat Longford to avoid relegation to Division Four of the Allianz League after the Faithful County powered ahead in the closing stages of an entertaining contest in Tullamore this afternoon.