Hurling Hands: Tom Kenny - 'I knew I was in trouble, the way the knuckle was out of shape'

'I had an operation to sort that out, then six weeks of exercises to get the full range of movement back. It’s not 100% right, but it’s almost there'

Cork's Tom Kenny strikes home his goal against Wexford in the 2004 All-Ireland SHC semi-final at Croke Park. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

My hands are grand apart from one time when I had a compound dislocation of the middle finger on my left hand - but that was playing football, not hurling.

It was about 10 years ago - I lost the flight of the ball in the sun and it came right down on the finger, I knew I was in trouble, the way the knuckle was out of shape.