Joe Bergin ends Offaly’s painful month with goal-scoring flourish against Kerry

Offaly 3-19 Kerry 0-20: The crisis in Offaly hurling has abated for another fortnight at least after Eamonn Kelly’s county side came through a tense encounter with Kerry, securing their progression to the knockout stages of the Leinster championship thanks to two second half goals from Joe Bergin.

The result draws to a close a tumultuous month for the Kildangan native, after he and his players shipped heavy criticism in the aftermath of their heavy defeat to Westmeath three weeks ago.

““We got a lot of grief after the Westmeath game but you can’t take away that Westmeath are a good side and I think they’ll give Galway lots of it in that quarter final. Our performance on the day was bad and that’s what we had to focus on, we had to look at our game plan and change it. Thankfully we’re in a quarter final now” said Kelly after yesterday’s win.