Offaly senior football boss John Maughan has described a season-ending injury to defender Niall Darby as “absolutely devastating”.
The long-serving Rhode man was in line to play in Sunday’s Tailteann Cup semi-final against Westmeath at Croke Park but a suspected cruciate knee ligament injury sustained at training on Tuesday night means that he will play no part in the rest of the campaign and is virtually certain not to feature again for his club in 2022 either.
Darby first appeared for the county at senior level back in 2008 and given the recovery period involved, the injury may well bring a hasty end to his inter-county career altogether.
