Mounting Kerry injury list worrying O’Connor

KERRY boss Jack O’Connor will assess the fitness of defenders Marc and Tomás O Sé at training tonight and admits the current injury situation in his squad is ‘worrying’ as the Kingdom gear-up for the opening defence of their All-Ireland title in Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

Marc O Sé limped out of a training match last Saturday with an ankle injury to join a casualty list that also includes his older brother Tomás who has hampered by a knee problem, Austin Stacks player Daniel Bohane and key attacker Colm Cooper.

“We’re not too sure yet until we look at fellas this evening at training,” said O’Connor last night. “We have a few worrying injuries, but we’ll see as the week goes on. We had a hectic club schedule the last few weeks and it’s inevitable that fellas would pick up injuries. While any of them don’t seem to be major or long-term, they’re still worrying for next Sunday. Obviously fellas will have to play some sort of football this week or else they won’t be ready for Sunday.”