Waterford look set to be without Austin Gleeson, Iarlaith Daly and Shane McNulty for their opening two Championship games.
Gleeson and Daly both have hamstring injuries while Shane McNulty has a broken bone in his foot, with the three of them highly unlikely to be in contention to start the Munster Championship games against Limerick on April 23 and Cork seven days later.
Waterford selector Peter Queally explained: “Unfortunately, time looks like it’s going to run out on them. One or two might see 10 or 15 minutes but definitely not full games in either of the first two fixtures. What we’re looking at is getting them back for the third fixture (v Clare on May 15), really.
“At the end of the Kilkenny game, Iarlaith picked up a hamstring injury that he’s nursing. He did get more positive news on a further scan last week. We’re still hopeful Iarlaith might see some game time.”
Elsewhere, Tipperary boss Liam Cahill delivered mixed news on the injury front ahead of their opener against Clare on April 23.
He said: “We’d be hopeful that Cathal Barrett (shoulder) will make it in time. Not really sure about Seamie (Callanan, knee).
“Niall O’Meara picked up an (ankle) injury in an in-house game during the week. Another little setback, just monitoring it at the moment.
“Regardless of the injury, he wouldn’t have had that much game-time or intensive training under his belt to put himself in the reckoning for the Clare game.
“Seamie is progressing nicely. We haven’t really done any aggressive work yet. We’ll press the button to see how he reacts. I imagine it will probably be a race against time to be ready for Ennis but Cathal Barrett is progressing nicely.”
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