▁but ▁to ▁go ▁for ▁broke . ▁On ▁ 6 9 ▁minutes , ▁Johnny ▁Do ole y ' s ▁strike ▁found ▁its ▁way ▁through ▁a ▁crow ded ▁goal mouth ▁to ▁the ▁net , ▁and ▁W ex ford ▁were ▁elimin ated ▁by ▁ 1 - 1 5 ▁to ▁ 0 - 1 7 . ▁ ▁Not with standing ▁Off aly ' s ▁fort uit ous ▁victory , ▁diss ent ▁was ▁still ▁bre wing ▁over ▁B abs ▁Ke ating ' s ▁co aching ▁reg imen . ▁This ▁consisted ▁mainly ▁of ▁Johnny ▁Murray ' s ▁physical ▁training ▁dr ills , ▁rather ▁than ▁hur ling ▁practice ▁( although ▁the ▁physical ▁fit ness ▁und ou bt edly ▁stood ▁to ▁Off aly ▁later ▁on ▁in ▁the ▁year ). ▁On ▁ 5 ▁July ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Off aly ' s ▁ 1 5 th ▁Le in ster ▁Senior ▁Hur ling ▁Final ▁appearance ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁poor ▁performance ▁against ▁Kil ken ny , ▁and ▁a ▁ 3 - 1 0 ▁to ▁ 1 - 1 1 ▁defeat . ▁The ▁C ats ▁were ▁not ▁at ▁their ▁sharp est ▁either , ▁but ▁got ▁over ▁the ▁finish ▁line ▁with ▁two ▁converted ▁fre es ▁by ▁DJ ▁Care y ▁( who ▁had ▁retired ▁from ▁inter - count y ▁hur ling ▁and ▁then ▁changed ▁his ▁mind ). ▁As ▁the ▁" back ▁door " ▁system ▁now ▁gave ▁a ▁second ▁chance ▁to ▁be aten ▁provincial ▁final ists , ▁Off aly ▁were ▁still ▁alive . ▁However , ▁B abs ▁Ke ating '