Fresh injury rules Cats’ Delaney out for season

THE ‘Mr Unfortunate’ of the Kilkenny hurling panel has had his season destroyed by injury...for the third consecutive year.

PJ Delaney, who has shown promise in each of the last three leaguecampaigns has been forced offthe panel after undergoing surgery this week.

The Fenians (Johnstown) man had an operation to correct a troublesome hip joint, and he faces a second one in two months time to correct the other hip. Delaney has been plagued by ongoing groin and hamstring problems for years, and the medical team feel they might have pinpointed the source of the trouble.