David Clifford is in line to make his first start for Kerry this season as he is named in the full-forward line in tomorrow’s final round Division 1 game in Roscommon.

Whiplash is not an injury often associated with hurling, but the condition kept Kilkenny’s Eoin Murphy out of three league games.

On the day before he left for Syria, Eoin Larkin talked about tactics, tours of duty and almost jacking in hurling last May.

Brian Cody hailed the work of the Kilkenny medical team after patching together key players throughout the season.

The threat of families switching to a new doctor if their GP chooses to opt out of treating under-6s for free is likely to be one of the key deciding factors in whether doctors sign up.

The GAA insist sideline regulations have not been relaxed — despite a noticeable increase in the number of management and backroom officials at pitchside in the past couple of months.

The Irish Sports Council will not be changing its drug-testing procedures following calls from a doctor to abandon the process for GAA players.

Kilkenny senior hurling doctor Tadhg Crowley has questioned the value of drug testing GAA players.

Henry Shefflin is now all but certain to miss his first Championship match in 15 seasons after picking up a stress fracture on his already injured left foot.

The sideline regulation controversy is not an obsession for this corner of the newspaper — not just yet anyway — but the matter continues to raise questions, despite Croke Park’s keenness to draw a line under the matter.

The Gaelic Games Doctors’ Association (GGDA) have arranged a meeting for tomorrow where their opposition to the sideline regulations will be high on the agenda.

Another prominent GAA doctor has slammed the new sideline regulations, describing them as “bad medicine”.

GPs say they are struggling to make ends meet.

ONCE upon a time, cryotherapy was all the rage in Irish rugby. Former national coach Eddie O’Sullivan certainly subscribed to it.

WAYNE KINGSTON and Tadhg Crowley will contest next Saturday’s Munster Junior C final at Killumney following impressive semi-final wins.

WILLIE O’DONOVAN advanced to the semi- final of the Mick Barry Cup at Ballincurrig on Saturday by virtue of a last-shot win over Eamon Bowen Snr.

The use of creatine by GAA players is set to come under the microscope in the next year as the GAA, along with the Irish Sports Council, look to monitor the use of the controversial substance by its members.

HENRY SHEFFLIN faces an anxious wait before he finds out the extent of the knee injury sustained in Sunday’s All-Ireland final.

A CORK surgeon and a Kerry doctor played key roles in enabling PJ Ryan fulfill his dream of playing in Sunday’s All-Ireland hurling final — and achieve an ambition denied to his father three decades ago.

JOHN Gardiner returns at right half-back to the Cork team for Sunday’s All-Ireland SHC final with Kilkenny at Croke Park.

HENRY SHEFFLIN was the man of the moment, yet again! But, this time it was extra-special for the Ballyhale Shamrocks man, Kilkenny icon and one of hurling’s prized treasurers.

KILKENNY will not risk Henry Shefflin in Sunday’s Guinness All-Ireland hurling semi-final against Waterford in Croke Park unless he is given the all-clear to line out by his medical advisers.