Pauric Mahony is making steady progress in his rehabilitation from a broken tibia.

The Deise sharpshooter sustained the season ending injury playing with Ballygunner last May and this Sunday he will watch their Munster Club SHC final against Na Piarsaigh from the sidelines alongside his brother Philip who is suspended.

"I don't have a timeframe yet for when I'm going to be back," the 23-year-old told The Examiner.

"But if we were to win on Sunday, it would certainly be a big incentive over the next few months to train hard. I've been back doing a bit of jogging."

The Mahonys' father Mick and three uncles featured on the side that won Ballygunner's only Munster title in 2001.

"There's something hanging over the present team, that we have to win one to prove ourselves to be as good as that team in 2001.

"Most of the lads have four county medals since this group of players (started). If you look at the average age of the team, it's young still. We've only one player 30, one at 27 and then the rest are 26 or younger, so we've a very young team and there's been a lot of success there for that.

"But we know it's time to step up now and aim for the bigger prizes."

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