Player’s scrotum torn during pitch attack

A footballer’s scrotum was torn open during a GAA minor championship match in Co Meath three years ago, a court heard yesterday.

“I was screaming in pain and my shorts were covered in blood,” Shane Ryan told Trim Circuit Court.

Before the court was Darren Morgan, aged 21, from Elm Grove, Rockfield. Kells. He pleaded not guilty to assault causing harm to Mr Ryan from Garristown at Skryne GAA grounds, near Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, on Sep 25, 2009.