Kevin Downes makes up for injury nightmare

Kevin Downes was listed as number 24 in the match programme for Sunday’s Limerick senior hurling championship final. He has been in and out of the action all year due to injury. And the county player admitted afterwards it was touch and go right up to the throw-in whether he would be fit to play with Na Piarsaigh in the decider against Patrickswell.

He did line out, at full-forward, providing serious firepower to their attacking unit. He shot 1-5 (1-3 in the first half), bagging their only goal in an intense game that resulted in a one-point victory.

“My year has been frustrating in many ways,” he revealed. “I picked up a serious knee injury at the start of the year and I missed a lot of pre-season and I missed a lot of the campaign with Limerick.I was unable to start in the Kilmallock game (county semi-final) after I picked up a hamstring injury.