Cork's march through the hurling qualifiers gathered pace this afternoon as a 1-27 to 0-11 demolition of Offaly at a sunny Páirc Uí Chaoimh booked their place in the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland championship.
An effervescent Cork attack tore the Faithful defence to ribbons with Joe Deane (0-9), Neil Ronan (1-5) and Ben O'Connor (0-6) the tormentors in chief.
Offaly, who were overly reliant on Damien Murray up front, never really got into the contest and Cork could afford the luxury of withdrawing a raft of front-liners towards the end with the points safely in the bag.
At Parnell Park, Tipperary lost the influential Eoin Kelly through a first-half groin injury but were still to strong for Dublin, running out 1-20 to 1-11 winners and will join Cork in the last eight of the championship
Dublin had battled bravely for 50 minutes, levelling matters shortly after the break, but Tipperary's class gradually began to tell as they dominated the rest of the match.
In the late throw-in, Ger Loughnane's Galway fell at the first major hurdle of his stewardship with a 0-14 to 2-10 defeat at the hands of neighbours Clare. The result keeps Tony Considine's side on course for the last eight while Galway must overcome Antrim next weekend to make sure of their place.
Antrim, meanwhile, built on last weekend's impressive display against Clare with a 1-23 to 1-13 win over Laois.