More structural questions as Tipp's lightning strikes set new record

Those who exited the terraces and front-row seats to seek shelter from the second-half deluge missed a closing four-goal salvo that wrote Cahill’s side into the history books... Even if the ‘thunder and lightning preliminary quarter-final’ doesn’t have quite the same ring to it.

RECORD DAY: A general view of the action during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Preliminary Quarter Final match between Offaly and Tipperary at Glenisk O'Connor Park in Tullamore, Offaly. Pic: Michael P Ryan/Sportsfile

All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-final: 

Offaly 3-18 Tipperary 7-38