Armagh defender James Morgan looks set to spend the next 12 months on the sidelines as he continues to recover from a long-term wrist injury.

The Crossmaglen Rangers man will undergo a second operation at the end of the month and the advice from his surgeons is to take a year out in order to allow the injury to fully heal.

Morgan first picked up the injury during county training last February but decided to play through the pain since then - a decision he told The Irish News that he since regrets.

"I had the opportunity to get it fixed at the end of the season, but I postponed it to play with Cross and, after the year with Cross, my wrist was so bad it needed extensive surgery, but I ended up playing with Armagh too. I'm regretting it now because the surgeon said I have no more cartilage or ligament left in my wrist," the 24-year-old stated.

Cross begin their Armagh SFC defence with a derby clash against Dromintee in Cullyhanna.

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