McInerney would be a big loss even as Galway hurling manager reports no other injury concerns
GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Qualifier Round 2, Semple Stadium, Tipperary 24/7/2021 Waterford vs Galway Galway’s Gearoid McInerney Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Ryan ByrneGalway manager Henry Shefflin is sweating over the fitness of centre back Gearóid McInerney ahead of their All-Ireland semi-final showdown against Limerick on Sunday week.
“Gearóid had a scan on his knee on Sunday. The initial prognosis is that it’s not going to be a long-term injury and won’t require surgery, which is good for Gearóid first and foremost. An All Star in 2017 in a year when he joined his dad Gerry as an All-Ireland senior medal winner, McInerney would be a big loss to Galway even though Joseph Cooney did superbly when he moved back to the heart of the defence when McInerney had to go off against Cork.
Concannon, Flynn and another sub Johnny Coen all hit the target in the second half and Shefflin said that was the sort of response he expects from the bench. Shefflin has been working hard on getting Galway to adapt to the fluctuations of a game and deal better with adversity and he was pleased with the way they responded when Shane Kingston cracked home a Cork goal four minutes after the restart and whittled down their five-point interval lead to just two.
“A lot of lads really stood up; you saw the versatility of Joseph Cooney, being able to move from wing forward back to centre back was fantastic. Every time Cork came at us, we responded with a couple of scores to stay two or three points ahead until the last few minutes when they brought it back to one.’’
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