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Conor McDonald in fitness race for Leinster SHC Final

Conor McDonald.

Conor McDonald.

By John Harrington

Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald says star forward Conor McDonald's chances of playing in the Leinster SHC Final against Galway are '50-50'.

The skilful forward recently suffered what Fitzgerald describes as 'a bad belt' on his ankle in training and will have a scan on the injured joint tomorrow.

"It's going to be dodgy enough, I'd say, it's going to be tight on him," said Fitzgerald this evening at Wexford's pre-Leinster Final press event.

"We get the results Thursday. He won't be training tonight, he will not be doing anything I'd say for the next week. The answer is we don't know just yet. We will have a fair idea as the week goes on, but I know for a fact he won't be training.

"It was a bad belt. It was a bad-one, but, please God. I hope for his sake he can play. It'll be 50-50, I just hope for his sake because this is where you want to play. Himself and Sean Murphy got two bad knocks but hopefully they will be okay."

Davy Fitzgerald's tactical smarts and inside knowledge of Clare could be the key to victory for Wexford on Saturday. 

Davy Fitzgerald's tactical smarts and inside knowledge of Clare could be the key to victory for Wexford on Saturday. 

Fitzgerald also revealed this evening he's considering watching the Leinster Final from high in the stand rather than on pitch-side. 

He was forced to do so for the Leinster semi-final against Kilkenny because of suspension, but found a bird's nest view gave him a better perspective on the game.

"It wasn't a bad thing. You can actually see the game so much better up there, 100%.

"You can see the shapes all the time and I'd be massive into that, seeing where lads are running and what the story is. When you're on pitch level it's actually very hard to see it. I can't tell you I won't be there the next day. There's a chance I might. I'm going to consider it.

"I might be down on the sideline, I haven't made up my mind yet. I'm 100% considering it. You'll see the game better. It's whatever is better for the team, it's whatever suits the team while they're trying to do their best."