Tom Clancy confident medical staff put players first

Tom Clancy is certain the Cork medical team would act in his best interests were if to suffer suspected concussion.

His team-mate Eoin Cadogan was removed from the field of play and replaced after his clash of heads with Lee Keegan in last Sunday’s Division 1 game in Páirc Uí Rinn, although the Mayo player was erroneously permitted to come back on and played for 10 minutes. Fermoy man Clancy has yet to experience concussion but saw first-hand at the weekend how Dr Con Murphy acted in withdrawing Cadogan from the action.

He believes he’s in safe hands without the need for an independent doctor, which in the wake of the game has been suggested by Santry Sports Surgery Clinic-based Dr Cliff Beirne, a member of the GAA’s medical, scientific, and welfare committee.