Kilkenny duo ruled out ’til championship

THE Kilkenny management do not expect Henry Shefflin and John Tennyson to fully recover from their respective cruciate knee injuries and be back in the black and amber jersey until the All-Ireland championship.

Selector Martin Fogarty has confirmed that the Cats are not anticipating either player to return until their Leinster semi-final on June 18th at the earliest.

“This is the second time that the lads have had this sort of injury and giving them plenty of time to recover is the best thing we can do. We can forget about the league for them. We hope they can play some part of the championship and an optimistic target would be the early rounds.”