After being told he might never play football again, Armagh's Kevin Dyas has targeted a national league return.

The Dromintee man had the lateral meniscus removed from his right knee during the summer of 2015 and has since undergone a microfracture procedure this May in a desperate attempt to prolong his career. He is now doing rehab for four hours every day:

"I'm there from 6.30 until 8.30 before work and then about 6.30 until 8.30 after work in the evening and a lot of what we're doing is based around flexibility - a lot of foam rolling, glute work, balance work and a lot of strengthening around the knee," the former Aussie Rules star told The Irish News.

"You don't want the joint dealing with undue pressure as well, so you have to be as lean as possible. When you run, you can put up to 10 times your bodyweight through your knee joint, so I've gone from 85 kilos to 77. It's probably the lightest I've been since my schooldays.

"They said it would be a minimum of nine months from the operation, so I could be back playing around the middle of the league. I'll maybe miss the first couple of games.

"All being well - and everything is going well - I would be back for that. In my head, I believe I will get back from this. Other people have, so there's no reason why I can't."

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