Kerry 1-21 Galway 1-16: Monsoon conditions, floodlights before tea-time and flooding on the Jones Road. Oh, and one cracker of a championship contest. On a peculiar afternoon at headquarters Kerry ensured there would be no repeat of the day's earlier upset with an imperious display against Galway.
For all Michael Meehan's heroics - the Galway marksman will wonder quite how he managed to notch 10 points and still end up on the losing side - the defending champions would not be denied.
Much of the talk in the run-up to this encounter had centred on how Galway would cope with the Twin Towers of Kieran Donaghy and Tommy Walsh. In the event, Liam Sammon's defence held up pretty well. It's just that this Kerry side have so many attacking options.
Walsh was his usual handful in the opening quarter but Donaghy remained largely anonymous.
Nevertheless, with Declan O'Sullivan at his menacing best and Colm Cooper ghosting across the forward line Kerry still managed to establish a two point lead at the break. Donnacha Walsh chipped in with a goal and classy points from Bryan Sheehan helped the cause.
The players were greeted with a torrential downpour and floodlights, due to the leaden skies in the capital, after the interval but both sides adapted remarkably well to the conditions.
Meehan picked up where he left off, kicking points from all angles, and when Joe Bergin, making his first and only appearance of the season after battling back from injury, fisted home a goal with practically his first touch the Tribesmen swept into the lead.
But Kerry remained patient, weathered the storm, and calmly set about regaining the initiative. The introduction of Daniel Bohane to the full back line stemmed the flow of maroon while O'Sullivan, Eoin Brosnan and Cooper slotted over crucial scores at the other end of the park.
Their resistence broken, Galway were powerless to prevent the Kingdom embellishing the scoreline but there can be little doubt that on this sort of form Pat O'Shea's all-conquering side will take some stopping.