DONEGAL’S 2018 CHAMPIONSHIP hopes have been hit with a major setback as it has been confirmed that Patrick McBrearty tore his cruciate in Sunday’s Ulster final.
The star forward went off injured after half-time in the clash with Fermanagh and it has been confirmed that he has suffered the season-ending injury.
The news is a major setback to Donegal as the Ulster kingpins prepare for their Super 8s campaign which will begin with a clash with Dublin in Croke Park on the weekend of 14/15 July.
McBrearty won his fourth Ulster senior football medal on Sunday since making his debut in 2011 and was also part of the 2012 All-Ireland final triumph.
He has been in excellent form this year for Declan Bonner’s men, scoring 0-19 over the course of their four provincial victories. In the three games before his afternoon was cut short against Fermanagh, he weighed in with 0-18 and scored 13 of those points from play.
It’s a major blow for manager Declan Bonner to lose a player of McBrearty’s stature and talent.
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