‘No prehab could have saved Gooch from injury’

Leading knee surgeon Tadhg O’Sullivan said cruciate victim Colm Cooper’s determination to score a point last Saturday proved to be his downfall.

Waterford-based O’Sullivan, who has successfully performed two ACL surgeries on Henry Shefflin among several other GAA inter-county players such as Colm O’Neill, likened the manner in which the Kerry captain sustained his knee problem to how the Kilkenny star picked up his second cruciate rupture.

It’s since been revealed Cooper’s woes have been compounded by a fractured knee, which will be operated on in Santry tomorrow.