Luke Loughlin makes rapid recovery to return for The Downs in Westmeath SFC

Luke Loughlin of Westmeath during the Leinster quarter-final between Meath and Westmeath. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile

Luke Loughlin has been praised for a remarkable return to action less than four months after writing his entire year off with 'a horrendous injury'.

The Westmeath star suffered a Grade 4C hamstring tear and tendon rupture during their Leinster SFC defeat of Meath in April and subsequently underwent surgery.