Cork half-forward Diarmuid Healy is facing at least another five weeks on the sideline, manager Ben O’Connor confirmed on Monday night.
Healy injured his quad last month and is set for a second scan this week, which will provide further clarity on how long he is to remain part of a scarcely populated Cork hurling injury list.
The minimum timeline of five weeks, as articulated by O’Connor, rules Healy out of the League decider and Cork’s opening two games in the Munster round-robin against Tipperary and Limerick, with no guarantees either that he’d be back in harness for the Round 3 trip to Waterford on May 9.
Healy lined out in the early League wins over Waterford and Tipperary, but was absent for the victory away to…