Kilmurray cuts a restrained figure amid jubilant scenes

ONE look at the Offaly players as Jimmy White blew the final whistle yesterday was all anyone needed to realise how much this win meant.

They hugged and danced and jumped for joy as the Kilkenny hurlers sped onto the field but Kevin Kilmurray cut an altogether more restrained figure minutes later.

A no nonsense character at the best of times, Kilmurray wasn’t going to get carried away just because Offaly had qualified for a Leinster final.