Neck injury may force former Laois All Star Kelly to quit

FORMER Laois football All Star Tom Kelly may never play again after breaking a bone in his neck while playing for his club, St Joseph’s over the weekend.

Kelly sustained the injury in the first half of the ACFL Division 1 game against Arles-Killeen. He was subsequently removed by ambulance to Portlaoise General Hospital however on Sunday evening he was transferred to Tullamore where he underwent a number of scans which revealed he had broken one vertebrae and fractured two more.

He was expected to be released last night but he could be in a neck brace for up to eight weeks.