Mark Vaughan is expected to line out for Kilmacud Crokes in Sunday's Leinster club football semi-final against Navan O'Mahony's, despite being troubled by a knee injury. The Dublin sharpshooter is still recovering from an infected knee, which forced him to leave the field in DIT's Ryan Cup quarter-final clash with UUJ last week. But Crokes selector Mark Duncan said: "It looks like he will be alright. He has not been at full tilt because of the infection and suffered further damage playing for DIT, when he had to come off early. He is not properly recovered, but having said that, he looked alright in training last night." Liam Og O hEineachain and Nicky McGrath are other injury concerns for the Stillorgan club, who will, however, be able to call on former county star Ray Cosgrove, whose three-month suspension ended prior to the quarter-final victory over Newtown Blues. Cosgrove also saw action in a league match against St. Brigid's last Friday night. "It brought me on a little bit. I'm certainly fitter for it. I've been tipping away for a while now," he said. "There was a lot of black smoke against Newtown. After three months out, I was always going to be a bit off the pace. I was under no illusions about that, but I'm feeling better now." Tweet

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