Paul Kerrigan injury adds to Cork's Ronan McCarthy concerns

Cork forward Paul Kerrigan may be facing months on the sideline to rehabilitate a finger injury picked up against Slaughtneil in the All-Ireland club semi-final.

The Nemo Rangers club man would miss the early rounds of the intercounty championship season if he undergoes an operation on the injury, which he carried into the Cork club’s defeat at the hands of Galway’s Corofin in last weekend’s All-Ireland club final.

Ironically, there was a doubt about Kerrigan’s fitness ahead of that Slaughtneil game as the attacker had picked up what seemed to be a serious knee injury in Nemo’s Munster club final win over Dr Crokes.