O'Shea's injury a blow but 'nothing is going to derail' Quill's side

Declan Quill wondered and worried about how the players would train and might an understandable fear pervade the panel at picking up an injury as innocuously as Siofra O’Shea had when landing awkwardly inside in Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday morning.

ON A MISSION: Declan Quill's side were dealt a blow when Siofra O'Shea done her cruciate for a second time in three years but his Kerry side are on a mission and won't be derailed. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Driving over to Currans on Tuesday evening for training, Declan Quill was anxious. How could he not be?

It had been 36 hours since the Kerry camp had received news of Siofra O’Shea’s season-ending cruciate injury. And while there is never a good time to lose your captain and championship top-scorer from open play, losing her less than a week out from an All-Ireland semi-final would definitely rank as one of the worst possible dates on the calendar for such misfortune to befall O’Shea and the group she leads.