Graham Canty has been named at full back in the Cork team for Sunday's Munster football final against Kerry in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, but is a serious injury concern.
The Cork captain was forced off towards the end of a training match last night after sustaining damage to the a/c shoulder joint and manager Conor Counihan will now wait until Sunday morning before deciding on his fitness.
"It happened at training during an A v B game," said team doctor Con Murphy. "Graham got a shoulder. It's too early to say how bad the damage is, but it's something we could do without and we hate to see fellas injured leading up to a big game.
"Graham will rest completely now and undergo physio with Colin Lane. We'll have another look at it on Sunday morning. It's unfortunate because it happened right at the end of the session."
In the likely event that he fails to recover, Derek Kavanagh is expected to move to full back. He comes into the side in place of Fintan Goold with Nicholas Murphy surprisingly moved to right wing forward as Kavanagh joins Alan O'Connor in midfield.
Other changes from the narrow victory over Limerick last month, when a late Canty goal saw Cork progress, sees Kieran O'Connor and Anthony Lynch return to the defence in place of injured duo Noel O'Leary and Paudie Kissane.
Cork's leading marksman James Masters has failed to regain his place in Counihan's team, but, despite picking up a knock last week, he is expected to feature from the bench at some stage.
Kerry have confirmed that Darragh Ó Sé and Killian Young returned to full training this week and are both available for selection.
CORK (SFC v Kerry): A Quirke, D Duggan, G Canty, K O'Connor; B O'Regan, G Spillane, A Lynch; A O'Connor, D Kavanagh; N Murphy, P O'Neill, S O'Brien; D Goulding, D O'Connor, J Hayes.
