Injuries blight Connacht final

The curse of the cruciate has struck both the Ballaghaderreen and St Brigid’s camps hard this year and four players will miss Sunday’s Connacht Club SFC final due to torn cruciate knee ligaments.

Ballagh’s Ronan McGrath, Andy Moran and David Kilcullen have all been sidelined by the dreaded injury and will miss the Mayo champions’ first provincial appearance in 40 years.

Meanwhile, St Brigid’s defender Robbie Kelly was also struck down by the same problem two months ago and so misses out on an opportunity to win three Connacht club medals in a row on the field of play.