O’Neill: It all depends on severity of injury

Personal experience had injured Cork footballer Colm O’Neill fearing the worst when Colm Cooper crashed to the ground 19 minutes into Saturday’s All-Ireland club semi-final.

O’Neill, present in Portlaoise, is in the final stages of recovery following a third cruciate ligament operation and preempted the Kerry captain was in danger of suffering a similar fate.

A scan taken at the Santry Sports Clinic yesterday revealed the 30-year old had ruptured his cruciate ligament and O’Neill said the next move is to schedule a date with the surgeon.