ACL & Chronic Injuries - 2 Like(s)
If that's true about Gray, that'll be 5 ACL injuries (Kinlough x 2, Kinsella, Coffey, Gray) in the last 2 seasons. 6 if you count Morris. That's mental.

Selwyn (Meath) - 16/08/2026 20:07:03

ACL & Chronic Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Clearly volume and workloads are having a massive impact on ACL occurrences, the demands on players is crazy, but they also have to look after themselves too. I think we've gotten to a point where players are afraid to slow down in case it gives out the wrong message, or looks like they're not committed etc..

Most of these lads don't stop, there's no break all year. Whether that's playing for their country, their club, other sports, gym work, training etc.. It's 5/6 days a week, close to 52 weeks a year. Not sustainable. Not for amateur athletes anyway

While I don't know for sure if he was playing football, but Conor Gray was over in America during the summer with a number of others such as Charlie O'Connor, I'm going to assume they were playing as that seems to be be the norm now. So even when players are supposed to be taking a break or easing off, the're still playing.

Something needs to give here, ACL injuries are becoming far too frequent.

Cabbagepatch1667 (Meath) - 17/08/2026 10:57:17

ACL & Chronic Injuries - 1 Like(s)
Its very hard on the players themselves, their families, team mates, clubs and in our case county team. All these lads are in early twenties and in their fitness prime. They will all be back no doubt but its a long road. These injuries were always there but the volume now is extremely high. Colm O'Rourke and Trevor Giles, two of Meath's best suffered same fate but came back very strong. Perhaps it ia down to the high volume and stress players are now be put under in training and games so if this increases the stats will also increase.It must be said with the drought type conditions recently, the grounds are extremely hard.
The gym work has also increased but ligaments are not being strengthened proportionally to muscle and weight gain. Perhaps more training on flexibility or plyometric exercises to train nervous system, tendens and manage high impact landing and improve stability are required for prevention. No doubt it will be figured out over time but impossible to avoid altogether.

winatallcost (Meath) - 16/08/2026 21:45:25