O’Neill facing six-week lay-off

FORMER Footballer of the Year Stephen O’Neill has been ruled out of action for at least six weeks after dislocating an elbow in Tyrone’s Dr McKenna Cup final defeat to Donegal at the weekend.

O’Neill will miss a minimum of three league games, but the outlook could be worse, should further damage be discovered.

“Stephen is going for an MRI scan later this week, just to check if there’s any cracks, small fractures or chipped bones,” said Tyrone assistant manager Tony Donnelly.

“We’re hoping there’s no fractures there, but we’ll just have to wait and see. And we’re hopeful of a full recovery in the time scale that we’re talking about.”