Kelly puts it on the line for beloved Tipperary

EOIN KELLY of Tipperary has been battling a back problem this season — an injury so severe he’s had a series of epidurals, the pain-killing injections given to women in a difficult labour, just to enable him to take the field.

“I had seven during the season, didn’t play in the league, gave it all the rest I could.

“It’s a career-threatening injury but thankfully it seems to be right this year. Some people have the disc removed, and surgery is always an option, but I didn’t want to go down that road — there are no guarantees and you can still have complications afterwards. I went for the injections, and hopefully it’s all settled down now, I can move on.