Big blow for Louth as Ciarán Byrne ruled out for the season with cruciate injury

It’s a second ACL injury for the former Aussie Rules star in seven years.

LAYOFF: Ciarán Byrne of Louth is facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Louth’s Ciarán Byrne is out for the season after it was confirmed he ruptured a cruciate ligament in last Sunday’s Division 2 defeat to Clare in Ennis.

After Tipperary captain Conor Sweeney, former AFL player Byrne is the second footballer to be ruled out for the inter-county year having suffered an ACL tear last weekend. It’s the second such injury for Byrne in seven years.