Leitrim's Connacht SFC championship preparations have suffered a massive set-back with the news that star forward Emlyn Mulligan has torn a cruciate ligament.

It's the third time that the unfortunate Melvin Gaels clubman has been sidelined with an injury of this kind and it follows last week's news that county team-mate Nevin O'Donnell has suffered a similar fate.

Mulligan's experience and talent leaves a big void to fill ahead of Sunday week's Connacht SFC opener against London in Ruislip.

Once was bad, never mind twice, but 3 times.... Someone is punishing me from up above. More cruciate's torn than trophies won in my career

- Emlyn Mulligan (@emlynmulligan) May 17, 2017

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