O’Donoghue ‘playing last game every game’

Footballer of the Year James O’Donoghue has revealed his shoulder injury was so severe, it was close to finishing his season in every one of the four Championship games he played for Kerry this summer.

Speaking before heading off to Boston with the Opel GAA-GPA All Stars yesterday, the 24-year-old admitted he damaged it in every match and also admitted his training was seriously curtailed because of the problem.

He incurred an AC (acromioclavicular joint) injury two weeks prior to the Munster semi-final against Clare. Although he missed that game, he started the remainder of Kerry’s matches. Despite dislocating it in the All-Ireland quarter-final against Galway, the Kerry medical team managed to push it back in.