Ryan in race against time for final fitness

KILKENNY goalkeeper PJ Ryan has returned to training for the first time since breaking his arm against Wexford, but faces a race against time to be fit for Sunday’s All-Ireland final clash with Limerick.

The Fenians clubman was allowed to participate in half of Saturday’s squad session by team medics and tasted his first piece of hurling action since he was injured in the semi-final.

Kilkenny team selector Martin Fogarty revealed that Ryan had to contend with a complication when a six-inch wound from an operation to insert a metal plate in his arm became infected.