Ronan McCarthy: Sean Powter may yet see action with Cork this summer

Sean Powter could see action for the Cork footballers this summer — but only if the county progresses as far as the Super 8s. The luckless forward, who missed Cork’s entire 2018 campaign because of injury, tore his left hamstring during a recent challenge game against Laois and will remain sidelined until late July.

Cork manager Ronan McCarthy said the positive to be taken from Powter’s latest injury setback, which arrived less than three months after he made his inter-county return following 13 months out, was that surgery was not required and so a line has not yet been put through his 2019 season.