Tyrone’s Covid crisis: ‘Some of them are in poor enough shape. It’s a mess for everyone’

Fermanagh footballer Aidan Breen arrives for the Allianz Football League Division 2 Round 6 match between Clare and Fermanagh at Cusack Park last October. Fermanagh found themselves looking at only 17 players one night when the situation was at its worst that month. Photo by Diarmuid Greene/Sportsfile

As the Tyrone senior football team and management gathered up for their usual Tuesday night training session in Garvaghey, minus around a third of the panel, they will have taken stock of just how grave their situation has become before they meet Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-final on August 21.

Someone who can sympathise with the contingent of players infected is current Fermanagh footballer Aidan Breen. He was confined to his bedroom after picking up an infection last year and found his return to inter-county action extremely difficult with a body that felt the toll of Covid.