Keane to succeed

CORK captain Carthach Keane has his own motivation to succeed in this afternoon’s All-Ireland JFC final against Kildare in Thurles, having had his dreams of success at this level wrecked in 2009 by injury.

Keane was a key component of the Cork side that swept to Munster junior honours in 2009 yet two days before their All-Ireland semi-final tie with Louth that year, his season crashed to a halt when he suffered a serious knee injury while lining out for divisional side Carbery in the county SFC.

“I destroyed my knee basically in a match down in Bandon against Nemo Rangers,” he said.