Positive news on injury front for Rebels heading into championship
March 28, 2025
Cork's Sean Powter celebrates a goal against Limerick ©INPHO/Evan Treacy
Cork are set to welcome back a number of key players ahead of their Munster senior football championship quarter-final against Limerick on Saturday week.
Having lost three of their first five outings in the league, the Rebels won their last two games to secure a joint third finish in the Division 2 table holding on to their Sam Maguire Cup status in the process.
Speaking to echolive.ie at the launch of the 2025 Munster GAA Senior Championship this week, Cork selector Micheál Ó Cróinín was glad to report that some of the squad’s injuries are clearing up as it gets set to embark on championship duty.
“There are lads coming back,” he said. “Maurice Shanley, Seán Meehan, Seán Powter, a lot of experience there that we didn’t have for most of the league. They should hopefully be coming back into training this week and into the weekend and getting their sharpness back. Whether they will be ready for the Limerick game, that’s another question. We will just have to wait and see.
“If we can get them all back in, it will make training more competitive and up the standards of everybody else and hopefully that will help us. Conor Corbett has come back from injury, so he’s back doing training with us.
"The cruciate is the dreaded one and it’s Conor’s second one, unfortunately for him, but he’s showing a lot of character. He looks in great condition physically. Hopefully we will get him into it in the coming period.
“Kevin O’Donovan is probably a bit behind the other lads, but he’s doing bits and pieces with us in training. We are hoping to have a stronger unit when they all come back, especially with the likes of Neil Lordan, Seán Walsh and Seán Brady part of our squad, who all had to step up and fill the void.
“Paul Walsh has a little nick in the hamstring. We will just have to assess it in the coming period. Paul had been going quite well for us, a good athletic strong fella. He doesn’t get injured too easily. I believe it’s not too serious, but we will just have to see if he will make Limerick.”
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