Shane O'Neill expects Fintan Burke to be available for Leinster decider
Fintan Burke impressed for Galway against Wexford in the Leinster SHC semi-final.
By Cian O'Connell
Galway manager Shane O'Neill is hopeful Fintan Burke will be available for the upcoming Leinster SHC Final at Croke Park against Kilkenny on November 14.
Burke suffered a shoulder injury in the closing stages of last weekend's win over Wexford at GAA headquarters.
O'Neill admitted the problem isn't as bad as initially feared. "We don’t think so, no," O'Neill remarked. "So hopefully he will be okay."
Daithi Burke is continuing his comeback and hasn't been ruled out either.
"We don’t know yet, he is still in his rehab so we’re just going to see how it goes over the next week really," O'Neill commented.
"We’ve got a couple of lads coming back now, so we won’t know - we’ve only had the session on Tuesday afterwards, which was light enough.
Galway senior hurling manager Shane O'Neill.
"We’ll probably have a better indication at the weekend or next Tuesday as to exactly where we’re at."
Having steered his home Limerick's Na Piarsaigh to All Ireland glory, O'Neill believes the benefits of a split season are significant.
"It was nearly a 15-month season for us with the club, which was very difficult at that particular time," O'Neill says.
"I think it’s probably the way to go.
"You could see the energy in the clubs - the fact that they had all the county boys with them.
"I think it’s probably looking like the best system at the moment. The fact they had the forced dry run as well shows that it was a success. So I would think that it’s probably the way to go, yeah."
