Cats chief confident Shefflin will make full recovery

KILKENNY manager Brian Cody is confident Henry Shefflin will make a complete recovery from the cruciate ligament injury that curtailed his All-Ireland final last September.

The talismanic Ballyhale forward isn’t the only Kilkenny player to be battling back from the dreaded cruciate complaint — John Tennyson and sub goalkeeper Richie O’Neill are also sidelined with the same complaint.

Six months is the accepted recovery period from such injuries which would suggest that both Shefflin and Tennyson could return to the panel by the back end of the league campaign.