New Waterford hurling boss Peter Queally will be without the services of Calum Lyons and Neil Montgomery this year.

Speaking to reporters after Saturday’s Friends of Brian Greene fundraiser match against Cork, Queally confirmed that the duo are currently living abroad, while former Hurler of the Year Austin Gleeson’s eagerly-awaited comeback won’t happen until well into the Allianz League campaign.

"Unfortunately, we won’t see Neil, he has moved to London. His work takes him to London and that's where he is going to be for the foreseeable future,” he said.

"Calum Lyons isn't coming home from Australia. The two of them are going to be big losses for the year ahead.

“Austin has had a few setbacks in the last few months, so it could be March before we see him. Conor Prunty is still recuperating from his shoulder injury against Offaly last year. He'll probably be March. Darragh Lyons is looking at the end of March as well, he had a bad injury on the groin going back to the Clare game where he came off after ten minutes. He still isn't right. 

"Tadhg De Burca, probably March. Tadhg has had a lot of injuries in the last few years so he is slowly coming back. He picked up an injury with his club at the end of the year so he is just recuperating from that.”

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