Boss Dooley content as Offaly get early boost

“SO that’s the end of Kilkenny?”

That was the tongue-in-cheek suggestion put to Offaly manager Joe Dooley after this first-round Walsh Cup game in Tullamore yesterday.

“Ah yes, and that’s the end of the five in-a-row as well!” was Joe’s tongue-in-cheek response, before getting real – “I don’t think so now lads!”