Harnedy an injury doubt for Cork
Séamus Harnedy is an injury doubt ahead of the All-Ireland SHC Final. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
By Stephen Barry
Séamus Harnedy is rated “touch and go” to play in the All-Ireland hurling final.
The Cork attacker missed last weekend’s semi-final victory over Dublin and won’t return to training this week manager Pat Ryan confirmed at Monday evening's press briefing at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh. “Séamus will be touch and go," Ryan says. "Hopefully, he might be back in next Tuesday. We'll see how it goes.
“Everyone is missing players, but obviously missing Séamus is a huge blow to our team. It's a huge blow to himself, firstly. But we'd be confident that he'll hopefully be able to take some part in it.
“Our medical staff are working hard on it, and Séamus is working hard himself. He's putting every day into it, and there's a lot of recovery needed for that.
“What'll happen is if he's right, he's right. If he's not right, we'll go with what we have. We have great confidence in the lads we have.”
Wing-back Cormac O’Brien has almost fully recovered from a quad issue to contend for selection. “I think Cormac will be perfect. He should be back in fully on Wednesday night,” Ryan added.
