UPDATES AS THEY HAPPEN: Tipperary and Offaly pay tribute to Liam Kearns before game gets underway

Updates here as the game progresses in FBD Semple Stadium today:

1.58pm: Tipp and Offaly paid a beautiful tribute to Liam Kearns before the nation anthem as they line up and observe a minutes silence

2.05pm: Quick Scores for Tipp with Jack Kennedy from a free and Stephen Quirke from play. Nigel Dunne responds for Offaly.

2.13pm Beautiful well worked point by Mikey O Shea after a mazy run. Score of the day so far!

2.14pm Quick response: Bernard Allen point for Offaly 

After 15 minutes : Tipperary 0-3 Offaly 0-2

2.16pm Offaly blood Sub: Dylan Hyland for Jack Bryant 

2.17pm Offaly point Ruairi McNamee

2.18pm Blood sub reversed for Offaly. 

2.19pm Nigel Dunne point for Offaly 

Tipperary 0-3 Offaly 0-4

2.21pm  Dylan Hyland free pointed for the Faithful.

Tipperary 0-3 Offaly 0-5

14.23pm Michael O Reilly - the keeper for Tipp - takes a free and points from the 45. 

Tipperary 0-4 Offaly 0-5

14.25pm Joe Maher points for Offaly. At the other end from the kickout Stephen Quirke punches a long ball over the ball from the edge of the square for Tipp

Tipperary 0-5 Offaly 0-6