He maintain's the player was fully committed to the move.
The new Offaly senior hurling team manager Michael Fennelly says that he is very disappointed that the transfer of former Galway hurler Martin Dolphin to the Faithful County had fallen through.
The player was fully committed to the move but the regulations meant that he was not eligible to play for Offaly.
Kilkenny man Fennelly says that the rules are unfair in this case: