Offaly boss believes team were ‘too pumped up’ for match

Eamonn Kelly acknowledged that his Offaly team left themselves with a mountain to climb after a terrible start and put it down to perhaps being “too pumped up”.

That may not have seemed apparent to spectators as Kilkenny’s experimental side cut through Offaly’s static defence with ease, running up an early 15-point lead.

However, as Kelly searched for answers afterwards, he said it was possible that they just tried too hard and were too ‘pumped up’, leaving all of that adrenaline and energy back on the team bus.