Sean Powter and Sam Ryan blows for Cork

Cork has suffered a serious double blow in their preparations for the Munster football championship with two of the county’s brightest young talents succumbing to potentially season-ending injuries.

The luckless Sean Powter is out for at least three months with another torn hamstring, this time in a challenge game against Laois last week. In the same game, St Finbarr’s defender Sam Ryan also suffered a serious hamstring injury which, in all likelihood, will rule him out for the remainder of the season.