Kilkenny’s Killian Doyle during the drawn game with Offaly at Glenisk O’Connor Park. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
Kilkenny out of hurling championship by end of May – that’s not a statement anyone could have contemplated just a few short weeks ago.
But Offaly’s draw with the reigning Leinster champions in Tullamore on Sunday has given them a potential path to one of the top three spots, at the possible exclusion of Kilkenny.