Options aplenty as Cork crush Offaly but cruise won't help Croke Park journey

Cork and their army of followers are on the road back up to Croker for a third consecutive All-Ireland semi-final appearance.

Cork's Alan Walsh reacts. Pic ©INPHO/Tom O'Hanlon

All-Ireland SHC quarter-final: Cork 6-25 Offaly 2-11

The sun shone and shone strongly. The tailbacks at the Watergrasshill toll stretched endlessly and tested even the most serene patience. Thurles was alive with colour and charisma in a way it had not been for the first of the weekend’s quarter-finals. 40,185 filed into Semple Stadium. All that was now required was some semblance of a contest. Instead, we got a red massacre.