Shoulder injury to rule out Limerick midfielder Darragh O'Donovan for 'foreseeable future'

LIMERICK midfielder Darragh O'Donovan will be out for the “foreseeable” future after sustaining a shoulder injury in the Allianz Hurling League win over Offaly.

Manager John Kiely confirmed that the Doon man damaged an AC joint in the first half of the eight-point win at Glenisk O’Connor Park.

With Cork up next in six days time and Galway coming to the TUS Gaelic Grounds two weeks later, O’Donovan will be in a race against time to be fit for the Championship.

“Thankfully nothing broken but it will rule him out of the foreseeable anyway until we get him rehabbing and back out on the pitch again,” Kiely said after the win in Tullamore.

“Unfortunate but these are the things that happen and the squad depth is strong and it is just an opportunity for the next person.

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“To be fair to Darragh, he has had a great campaign so far. His energy has been brilliant. He has been back to where he was, possibly at his heights, in performance levels and no doubt he will work really hard over the next few weeks to get back again.

“I know he will do everything in his power to get back right but it’s a sore injury. For this week it is just about letting the pain settle a bit and after that then we will start to give it a bit of rehabbing.”