Jack McCaffrey can’t understand why freak injury happened

Dublin defender Jack McCaffrey says he’s come to terms with his horror cruciate knee ligament injury but admitted, as a medicine student, he still can’t understand why it happened.

The speedy wing-back is almost two months post surgery now after damaging his knee in September’s final win over Mayo. He’s begun exercises that involve placing weight on his injured leg and even plans to complete a GOAL Mile event over the festive period.

But the final year medicine student, 24, conceded he’s in the dark about an exact return to match action, stating it’ll probably be some time next summer. He’s even more unclear about why the serious injury occurred because he didn’t twist the knee awkwardly or suffer any major impact.