Cork winning the game 1-16 to 1-15. Tipp's 7th and last round game was against Offaly in O'Connor Park, Tullamore on the 18th of April. Tipperary started off well, getting a 0-4 to  0-2 lead, but Tipperary and Offaly traded points afterwards. The game was close and at half time, the score was 0-11 to 0-7. The second half started out with Offaly taking the initiative and putting over the points. Tipperary stayed ahead, but Offay's Shane Dooley got a goal. Tipperary were two points behind, but soon conceded another Shane Dooley goal within 2 minutes of his first one. Tipperary started putting over points to bring the deficit down to two points. With injury time almost up, Tipperary got a free on the 20 metre line. Seamus Callanan stepped up to take it. Only a goal would win the match, seeing as when the ball would go over a boundary, the game would be over. He took the ball and struck it low into the net to give Tipperary a one-point win and third place in the league table. Tipperary started out their Munster championship campaign against Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on 30 May. The winner had the chance of playing Limerick in the semi-final, which was a mismatch for both teams. In a competitive sense, a Munster semi-final. Tipperary started out getting a point in the opening few minute, but Cork soon replied. Tipperary got two more points to make it a 0-3 to 0-1 lead, but Cork soon led. With just 13 minutes gone, Aisike O'hAilpin caught a ball above Padraig Maher and was brought down for a penalty. Pat Horgan had taken a penalty last year, but missed. This year he did the opposite and gave Cork a 1-1 to 0-3 lead. Lar Corbett had a chance beforehand to score a goal, but a great Save from Donal Óg sent it for a 65'. Cork then got two more points to get a three-point lead. Just a few minutes later, Cork was up again and Pat Horgan cracked in another fine goal to give Cork a 2-5 to 0-9 lead at half time. Tipperary reduced the lead back to a point, but Cork answered them again.