Swans starlet Walsh out for rest of season

Former Kerry forward Tommy Walsh will miss the rest of Sydney Swans’ season after his hamstring tendon tore off the bone against Essendon on Saturday.

Tue, 04 Jun, 2013 - 01:00

Terry Reilly

The 2008 Gaelic football young player of the year will have surgery next week.

“It’s a bad injury, it looked bad at the time and unfortunately the scans revealed it’s as bad as we thought,” said coach John Longmire.

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