Injuries force Cork to delay naming side

CORK boss Conor Counihan will wait until later in the week before finalising his team for next Sunday’s Allianz Football League final against Dublin as he will then be better informed on the status of a number of key players battling injuries.

Aidan Walsh and Paul Kerrigan both incurred hamstring injuries last Saturday while on duty for the Cork U21’s and Nemo Rangers respectively while Ciarán Sheehan is a fresh injury doubt after picking up a knock to his ankle while playing for Cork IT in a county senior football championship tie on Monday evening. Walsh was a notable absentee for Cork IT as he did not tog out for that clash in Fermoy. But Counihan has refused to rule anyone out of his plans for the Croke Park clash.

“We won’t know until later on in the week really. We will make a decision on Aidan and Paul and Ciarán, who is another injury doubt as well, later in the week. We will leave it go down to the wire before we make a call on that. Ciarán has a bit of an ankle injury he picked it up in a club game. We could do without these problems but look, they are there now and we have to deal with it.”