Nemo missing key players for clash with Bantry

COUNTY champions Nemo Rangers will be without three of the team which recently won the All-Ireland club title when they clash with Bantry Blues in the second round of the Permanent TSB SFC at Dunmanway tomorrow night (7pm).

Steven O’Brien, Kevin Cahill and William Morgan are all missing for what team coach Billy Morgan sees as a very difficult hurdle for his charges. O’Brien has retired, Cahill is taking a break, while Morgan is in America for the next six months on work experience and, given the defeat of their intermediate team at the weekend, it will be interesting to see if the replacements are up to the required standard.

“Only time will tell,” said Billy Morgan. “We are going into tonight’s game with no match practice which is a bit of a drawback. The lads won’t have lost all their fitness over the last five weeks, but I’m concerned about our lack of a competitive match since the All-Ireland club final.