Offaly supporters before the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship quarter-final match between Cork and Offaly at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Tipperary. Photo by Paul Phelan/Sportsfile | SPORTSFILE

placeholder image — Offaly supporters before the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship quarter-final match between Cork and Offaly at Semple Stadium in Thurles, Tipperary. Photo by Paul Phelan/Sportsfile | SPORTSFILE

Offaly famously held Kilkenny out of this year's championship, taking the coveted third-place spot in Leinster. They are searching for their first All-Ireland title since 1998, and last met Cork in the 2024 preliminary quarter-finals after their Joe McDonagh victory.

Offaly hurling is reeling in the years this weekend as the county returns to the Quarter-Final stage of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship for the first time since 2003.

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Faithful supporters have waited 23 years for this level of hurling to return after defeat in that 2003 quarter-final to Tipperary. Just five years before that, Offaly was at the summit of senior hurling, lifting the Liam MacCarthy Cup as All-Ireland champions in 1998.

Offaly take on Cork this time around after outlasting old foes Kilkenny in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship. Offaly’s final day win over Kildare, victory over Wexford and earlier draws with Dublin and Kilkenny were enough to see Johnny Kelly’s men into this stage of the championship.

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Offaly are massive underdogs for the game, which throws in at 3.30pm on Sunday, June 21, at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles. Cork are the 1/25 favourites with an Offaly win deemed a 12/1 shot by the bookies.