Kevin Flahive on coming to terms with ACL tear, Cork camp and Limerick test

The cold reality of being done for the year is only now hitting Flahive

Kevin Flahive of Cork leaves the pitch after the Allianz Football League Division 2 match between Meath and Cork at Páirc Táilteann in Navan, Meath. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Five weeks on from his season-ending injury, the cold reality of being done for the year is only now hitting Kevin Flahive.

The corner-back ambled down to Cork football training on Tuesday evening, more for the sense of connection and routine than anything else. But as he sat on a bench looking out at his friends and teammates preparing for a last 12 qualifier and the chance to secure All-Ireland quarter-final involvement, Flahive’s peripheral status came at him like a perfectly timed shoulder from a lurking and unsighted forward.