Overworked and over injured: How GAA players and squads are handling increased demand in spring

Injuries are part and parcel of inter-county activity, particularly at this time of the year, but what's happening at the moment seems exceptional

Monaghan's Ryan McAnespie goes down injured. Pic: Nick Elliott/Inpho

When Ryan McAnespie left the Croke Park pitch with a hamstring injury last Saturday evening, Gabriel Bannigan looked to the heavens.

The big man upstairs hasn't been doing the Monaghan manager any favours lately.