GAA Digest: Michael Fennelly hurt in Kilkenny National Hurling League win

Also Shefflin timetable, Harte extension and GAA shorts

Cork defender John Gardiner believes his team’s league win over Kilkenny earlier in the season played a big part in Sunday’s reversal.

He said, “Kilkenny got a bit of a rude awakening in Pairc Ui Chaoimh and you could see it there. They weren’t going to lie down. They were very, very physical.”
 
Shefflin Timetable

KILKENNY striker Henry Shefflin has admitted he is still in the dark about a date for his comeback after shoulder surgery.

“I am not going to go back playing unless I am right. I don’t think I could face another long lay-off if I got injured,” Shefflin told the Irish Independent.

“I don’t know at the minute when I might be able to return. I haven’t done enough work to know. If I got a couple of weeks of good training and felt good, I would definitely be in with a chance.”
 
Harte Extension

MICKEY Harte is to remain in charge of the Tyrone football team until the end of the 2015 championship after agreeing a new deal with the county board.

Harte told tyronegaa.ie, “It is a great privilege to be asked by the county committee to take charge of the Tyrone senior football team and I gladly accepted that offer.”

“To be asked to manage the best players that your county has to offer is still a wonderful honor.”
 
GAA Shorts

DOWN’S star forward Benny Coulter could miss the Ulster Championship campaign after breaking his ankle in a club game with Mayobridge. Dan Gordon is also a doubt for the opening game against Fermanagh . . .

GRAHAM Geraghty’s return to the Meath team could be over after he admitted defeat in his battle to overcome an Achilles injury in time for this year’s Leinster Championship campaign . . .

SETANTA O hAilpin’s Australian Rules career could be over after he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament playing for Greater Western Sydney on Sunday . . .

LEGENDARY forward Dessie Dolan looks unlikely to return to the Westmeath squad and is expected to announce his retirement in the near future . . .

WATERFORD youngster Pauric Mahony faces four months out of hurling after undergoing groin surgery last weekend . . .

JOE Sheridan marked his return to the Meath team with two goals as they beat Westmeath in a challenge game on Monday . . .

JIM Gavin’s Dublin staged a second-half recovery to beat Roscommon in the All-Ireland under-21 football final on Sunday . . .

NIALL Smith, Richie Dalton, Ross Brady, Thomas Deehan and John Reynolds have re-joined the Offaly senior football squad . . .

DUBLIN’S Paul Schutte has sustained a knee injury that could rule him out of the Leinster Championship campaign . . .

FORMER Galway footballer Paul Clancy is the new manager of Westmeath’s All-Ireland runners-up Garrycastle.
 
McIlroy Tops

SECOND best was good enough for once for Rory McIlroy on Sunday as he was beaten by Rickie Fowler at Quail Hollow but still returned to number one in the world rankings.

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