Eddie Brennan has called on the Kilkenny players to "drive it on" in the absence of Henry Shefflin.

Henry Shefflin looks almost certain to miss Kilkenny’s Leinster quarter-final against Offaly after suffering a stress fracture in his foot.

“Ah sure you just go up for the toss, maybe collect the auld cup if ye win,” so often that’s the clichéd response when you put the question of the captaincy to a GAA player.

Anna Geary was on a high but she was tired. A 14-month campaign that had seen Milford finally win a first senior county championship after many near-misses concluded with an All-Ireland at Croke Park.