Carey targets Cats’ Leinster clash with Wexford for return

DJ CAREY’S hamstring injury may be worse than initially believed, but the Kilkenny forward has no doubt that he will be available for the Leinster championship opener against Wexford on June 13.

A more detailed medical examination revealed recently that the multiple Allstar and All-Ireland winner was suffering from a damaged hamstring tendon rather than a straightforward tear, which has postponed his plans for a comeback in the Kilkenny championship.

"The injury is coming on," Carey said in Dublin yesterday. "It's a hamstring tendon tear. It's the same thing that tore off the bone last October so it would be serious if it was to go again, which is why it's pretty slow [coming back].