Kerrigan hoping for positive scan result
Kerrigan limped off in the 49th minute will now discover whether he faces a battle to be fit for their All-Ireland club semi-final against Roscommon champions St Brigid’s on Saturday February 26.
“I went in for a tackle with one of the Dr Crokes players and his knee just hit the side of my knee,’’ revealed Kerrigan. ‘‘The pain was bad around my knee and I had to come off. Yesterday the pain was more on the side of my leg near the knee area and I was limping around the place. I’ve never had any trouble with the knee before so I’m just going to go for the scan and we’ll see then what the outcome is.”
Kerrigan was the only injury problem incurred by Nemo Rangers on day when they collected their 15th Munster senior football crown.
The focus will now swiftly turn to the last four meeting against St Brigid’s, but four of their side are set to face a hectic time with upcoming Sigerson Cup commitments.
Defenders Brian O’Regan and Colin O’Brien are involved with CIT, midfielder David Niblock is in the UL squad and attacker Barry O’Driscoll is a key member of the UCC attack.
Meanwhile, full-back Derek Kavanagh has praised the decision to switch Sunday’s tie to the Mallow GAA complex and believes the occasion was greatly enhanced by the game being played in a more suitable venue.
“I was delighted when I heard that the game was moved from Limerick to Mallow. I knew it was going to attract a much bigger crowd and these are my favourite type of games to be involved in.
“There was a bigger neutral crowd there watching it and it was just an electric atmosphere. It was brilliant to be involved in. You don’t get to play in an environment and atmosphere like that too often with your club. I absolutely loved Sunday.
“There’s a really special buzz when the whole club packs up for a game and moves onto a new town for a Munster championship or All-Ireland championship game. Winning on days like that is what is special.”
Kavanagh insisted the team are highly motivated to advance further in the All-Ireland series and that the difficulties they encountered against a resurgent Dr Crokes in the second-half on Sunday will give them plenty to focus on in the coming weeks.
“We’ll be back training now tonight and getting ready for the All-Ireland semi-final. The focus is on getting to the All-Ireland final on St Patrick’s Day and that’s where we want to be. We won’t be taking our eye off the prize. We’ve plenty to work on after Sunday.
“They were up for it more than us in the second-half and we just let our guard down a little bit. We knew they’d be coming at us but being up by so much at half-time can be a difficult place to be in. You have to put yourself in the opposing dressing-room. You’re thinking what would we do if we were 13 points down and we realised they were going to come at us.”
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