Pauric Mahony has been reflecting on the horror leg break which has ruled him out of this year's championship.

The 22-year-old, who was the scoring star of Waterford's surprise Allianz League success, suffered the injury in a club championship game in May, and has since undergone surgery which has left with scars around the knee and ankle, and a metal rod in his leg.

Mahony, who will eventually bring himself to watching a video of the incident, told the Irish Daily Star at yesterday's launch of the GPA Fair Player Campaign: "My leg was hanging to one side, but I was so fortunate that Tadhg O'Sullivan, the surgeon, was at the game.

"He came down and popped the leg back in and he made a splint with two hurls and a towel.

"That probably saved me a lot of time and pain as well. The adrenaline at the time meant I didn't feel him popping the leg back in, it was good to get it done there and then.

"I knew on impact it was broken. I was in a daze on the ground and then there was loads of commotion going on above me because the players reacted. They were nearly worse than me.

"One fella thought I had cramp and he was going to grab my leg until he looked down and seen it and he quickly ran away!"

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