GAA:Kilkenny's Brian Hogan will miss the All-Ireland hurling final against Tipperary with a broken finger. The defender picked up the injury after taking a knock during training on Wednesday night and will miss the decider on Sunday week.
Hogan, who was already recovering from a shoulder injury sustained in Kilkenny’s semi-final win over Cork, was ruled out after visiting a specialist this morning.
With John Tennyson still a major concern for the defending champions, manager Brian Cody will have to change his half back line.
"Brian has been fighting injury for the past few weeks really," Cody told
Six Onenews on RTE this evening. "First he was a doubt going into the Cork game with a finger injury, he got over that, and then shipped a heavy knock to his shoulder and was gone after 15 minutes or so.
"He fought that injury very, very hard, did everything right and then got a finger injury. That's hard going on any player, and it's really tough altogether for any player to miss an All-Ireland final."