Recovering Cronin stays positive ahead of battle with Clare

Let him explain why... “I had a bad dose of pneumonia over the last couple of weeks and I only got out of hospital last week so unfortunately the Clare game has come too soon for me.

I thought I had the all-clear but I just took a shoulder into the chest in the Courcey Rovers game and blood started coming up so I knew that something serious was wrong, I was taken straight to CUH then.

“Obviously, it’s something that you’d look forward to all year, the first round of the Munster championship. Not to be on the pitch is a big disappointment but hopefully they’ll get over it and I’ll be back for the Munster final.”