Brian Turnbull: ‘The knee was driven inwards, I heard the pop’

Cork’s rising star Brian Turnbull will undergo cruciate knee ligament surgery on October 31 – and the Douglas player admits that he’s “filled with uncertainty” as he faces a prolonged period on the sidelines.

Turnbull was honoured with the inaugural Electric Ireland Minor Star Hurler of the Year award at Croke Park on Saturday after the corner forward collected 1-51 in the 2017 championship.

Munster champions Cork may have lost out to Galway in the All-Ireland final but Turnbull scored 1-7 in the September showpiece.