I thought my year was finished, admits Power

Suspension, injury, loss of form. In time there might be an accepted acronym for that deadly trio. For now, it’s safe to say Richie Power believes bad things come in threes.

The red card he picked up for a tackle on Eoin Cadogan in March’s Division 1A game in Cork was cruel but then came the knee injury in a club league game against James Stephens at the end of April.

Initially, the Carrickshock man thought the worst. Cruciate. Season gone. The drive down the M9 to surgeon Tadhg O’Sullivan in Waterford that morning was no picnic.