Fears Mayo star Cillian O’Connor’s Championship is over before it begins

“Rupturing a tendon is as bad as rupturing an ACL and sometimes it can be worse.”

Mayo’s Cillian O’Connor: Could be out of football for the rest of the year. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The achilles tendon injury suffered by Mayo star Cillian O’Connor will ‘take time to heal’ and will rule the All-Star attacker out of football for at least the rest of this year, according to one experienced chartered physiotherapist.

John Reilly, who works with the ‘Westport Physio and Acupuncture Clinic’, was watching the National League Division 2 semi-final between Mayo and Clare in Ennis on TV on Sunday week last when O’Connor sustained the injury.