Mark Ellis had another really good game at #6 for Cork hurlers yesterday against All Ireland Champions Clare in the Munster Semi-Final.
He didn’t seen as much on the ball as last week, but the amount of tracking he did of Clare runners through the middle of the defence was great to see, and it snuffed out one of Clare’s most dangerous tactics (which is how Clare took Cork apart last year). In fact he seemed to spend as much time behind his own full back line as out in his centre back position.
But two minutes from the end he was injured in a collision with Aidan Walsh as he was catching a ball. Thankfully the injury’s not too bad … in a press release this evening the County Board have said:
“Following assessment by the medical team, Mark Ellis has been diagnosed with [read more …] “Injury Curtails Another Good Performance by Mark”