GAA seeks to solve cruciate mystery

THE GAA’s Medical, Scientific and Welfare Committee (MSWC) is hoping to publish guidelines for players which it is hoped will go some way to combating what appears to be an epidemic of cruciate ligament injuries.

Cork’s Ciaran Sheehan became the latest high-profile GAA player to succumb to the cruciate curse when he was stretchered off during the Munster final against Kerry last Sunday to join a long queue of fellow victims.

County colleague Colm O’Neill, Kerry’s David Moran, Kildare’s Dermot Earley, Mayo’s Conor Mortimer, Meath’s David Bray and Derry’s Paddy Bradley, are all in various stages of recuperation after similar injuries.