Pádraig Power to miss the rest of the season due to Cruciate Ligament Injury;

Pádraig Power to miss rest of season due to cruciate Ligament Injury; 
Denis Hurley (The Echo)

The Cork hurling team have been hit with another injury blow as attacker Pádraig Power has been ruled out of action for the remainder of the 2025 season.

Power, who scored 1-4 in the win over Wexford in the opening round of the Allianz Hurling League, was forced off in the first half of last Saturday’s draw with Limerick. However, in addition to a shoulder dislocation which was set to sideline him for six weeks, the Blarney man has since been diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament.

Power had been included in Cork’s 37-man squad for the year, which was released on Tuesday, before the news of the more serious injury arrived.

“Unfortunately, Pádraig Power is going to be out for the year,” Ryan said.

“He did his cruciate as well as his shoulder, it was an accidental collision into his knee. It only emerged after we had the panel finalised, we were hoping that it might just have been cartilage.

Last year, a shoulder injury requiring surgery meant that Power did not feature for most of the inter-county season but, such was his progress on his return to fitness that he saw some championship game-time.

“He did so well last year, when he was out for much of the year but battled his way back in and came on in the All-Ireland semi-final,” Ryan said.

“He was obviously hoping to kick on from that and we were hoping he would too. He was very good against Wexford and it’s just a shame but the main thing is that he makes a full recovery.

Cork GAA sends best wishes to Pádraig Power in his recovery and we are all looking forward to see him return to the Red & White of Cork & Blarney.