Waterford star Pauric Mahony says “it will be tough” to watch this Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final against Limerick from the stand.

Mahony suffered a cruciate ligament injury in a challenge match in October that sees him ruled out until next season.

Speaking to GAA.ie ahead of this weekend’s decider at Croke Park, the Ballygunner sharpshooter has accepted that it’s “part of the game”

“It will be tough, it will be tough of course, but I suppose that’s part of the game,” said Mahony.

“For example, we’ve the likes of Darragh Fives who is injured too and he’s had a lot more back luck than me over the years. Whereas I might have had one or two bad injuries where I had to go under the knife, he had had constantly muscle injuries and he was there Tuesday night before the Cork game absolutely flying probably playing the best hurling he has played and next minute he went down and his year was over.

“The way the championship its cruel in one way because a bad hamstring injury or the ACL like me you miss the whole championship. But, again, we are just thankful to have a championship.”

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