Déise blow as Walsh out for two months

WATERFORD All Star Michael “Brick’’ Walsh has been ruled out of action for at least two months with a fractured arm sustained in last Sunday’s league defeat by Galway.

The Stradbally clubman picked up the injury early in the second half but played on, unaware of the severity of it. However the arm became severely swollen on Sunday night and an x-ray at Waterford Regional Hospital on Monday confirmed the news that he had suffered a bone fracture.

The injury will rule the star centre-back out of the remainder of the league campaign, but the main concern from here on for manager Davy Fitzgerald is that Walsh’s recovery rate will be sufficient to ensure his availability for crucial Munster championship semi-final against Clare in Semple Stadium on June 7.