Michael Fennelly admits he doesn't know when Henry Shefflin will return to action.

Both men will miss Sunday's league semi-final meeting with Galway through injury and midfield ace Fennelly concedes that he doesn't know whether Shefflin will return for the start of Kilkenny's championship campaign:

He also stressed that he doesn't feel Shefflin will be hell-bent on maintaining his amazing run of playing in consecutive championship matches, which goes back to 1999:

"I don't know much about his scenario. He's just week by week really, he's doing his recovery work and that and playing it week by week.

"It's a tricky injury with the foot. Hopefully things are going alright. I haven't seen him in a few weeks.

"When he's right he's right. I don't think he'll be looking at that picture really. The important thing for him is to get himself right. Obviously if he tries to play and he's not right, he'll only do more damage, and he's a smart man with a good backroom team too.

"I don't think that really has an effect at all. He still has another two months or so to the championship. He's in his mid-thirties now and he'll mind himself and get back when he's 100 per cent." Tweet

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