Cruciate curse ends season for Cork defender Colm Spillane

Cork hurlers will be without defender Colm Spillane for the rest of 2016, after it was yesterday confirmed he suffered a cruciate tear in Saturday’s Division 1A game against Waterford.

Wed, 24 Feb, 2016 - 00:00

John Fogarty

The extent of the Castlelyons man’s knee injury was revealed by an MRI scan on Monday.

Spillane, 22, had to be replaced 10 minutes into the second half having performed well in the full-back role marking Maurice Shanahan.

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