Mortimer to face surgery

CONOR MORTIMER’S 2011 inter-county season is all but written off after being told he must undergo surgery on his troublesome left knee, which will rule him out a minimum of five months.

As revealed by the Irish Examiner earlier this month, the Mayo forward had been contemplating going under the knife after tearing his medial ligament in his knee while training for UUJ before Christmas.

Mortimer has had no cruciate in the joint for the last seven years but has been told by surgeon Ray Moran he has no choice but to undergo surgery.