Counihan backs Sheehan to recover

CORK boss Conor Counihan has backed Ciaran Sheehan to recover from the serious cruciate ligament injury he suffered in Sunday’s Munster football final which has brought his 2011 campaign to a halt.

The 20-year-old was informed yesterday morning, after undergoing a scan in Dublin, that he had suffered the devastating injury with the cruciate and medial ligaments in his left knee torn in a second-half challenge in the Fitzgerald Stadium clash.

Sheehan will wear a brace on his knee for six weeks before undergoing surgery to repair the damage. The injury is a major blow to Cork’s attacking options after already losing fellow attacker Colm O’Neill with a torn cruciate.