Tipperary's Craig Morgan faces spell out with ruptured cruciate

INJURY BLOW: Craig Morgan of Tipperary faces a lengthy injury absence after sustaining a cruciate knee ligament injury. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Tipperary defender Craig Morgan is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after rupturing his cruciate knee ligament while on club duty last weekend.

Morgan limped off during the first-half of Kilruane MacDonaghs’ Tipperary senior hurling championship defeat to Nenagh Eire Og last Sunday.