Cian O'Neill tells players not to ignore injury warnings

Kildare football manager Cian O’Neill has revealed eight members of his panel are on the treatment table having played through injury in a bid to impress their new boss.

O’Neill, who was speaking at Saturday’s coaching conference, where it was made known that one in four injuries sustained at inter-county level are recurring injuries, lamented the GAA culture of players ignoring their body and the almost foolish determination to tog out, despite not being near full health.

“We are very lucky we have in Kildare what we also had in Kerry, a player-monitoring tool, whereby players can communicate with you every day via psychometric data; sleep quality, sleep duration, stress levels, muscle soreness.