Cats win, but at what cost?

NO winners here.

Not Kilkenny who, despite earning a league final place, picked up four injuries — two of them serious ankle injuries — and certainly not Offaly who drop to Division 2 after Wexford’s late rally against Tipperary.

Offaly manager Joe Dooley played the magnanimous role to perfection afterwards but surely he must have considered the All-Ireland champions were a banker to win on their home patch.