Injured Connors still stresses positives for Déise

Noel Connors is all but resigned to missing all of Waterford’s Division 1 league campaign with a back problem.

The 2010 All Star corner-back mayrequire minor surgery on the bulged disc which is pressing on his sciatic nerve. However, it’s more likely the Passage man will have to rest up for the next six weeks before getting himself right for June’s Munster SHC semi-final against Clare.

“The main objective is to get right for championship,” said Connors at Azzurri Sportswear’s helmet, football and sliotar launch yesterday. “There is no point in saying it’s not.