This has not been confirmed yet, but it does look very likely that Colm O Neill has suffered his 3rd cruciate ligament injury of his young career. If this is indeed the case, there will be many GAA fans in Cork heartbroken for the lad.

He is in my view one of the top 5 or 6 forwards in the country. Even yesterday he scored two outstanding points with his left & right foot before being taken off in a stretcher. However one wonders now if he will ever return the same player after this latest setback.

Please god we will see him back in the Rebel jersey in the not too distant future.

Rebel.Og (Cork) - Posts: 519 - 17/03/2013 11:48:05    1350747

Hope he recovers quickly, he is a great player.

TheGateKeeper (Tyrone) - Posts: 2843 - 17/03/2013 12:01:41    1350755

My heart goes out to Colm O'Neil. Terrible bad luck to happen a third time. A very talented footballer who will be a loss to Cork football.

kerry74 (Kerry) - Posts: 1354 - 17/03/2013 12:34:46    1350784

i'm genuinely sorry to hear that if its true rebel.og, colm is a savage player and seems to be a nice guy on the pitch, hopefully its not as bad as first thought and he'l be back to do battle with us in the summer, our own david moran is just back after 2 bad knee injuries him self.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 17/03/2013 12:37:19    1350790

Fantastic player, hope its not as serious as it looked

benjyyy (Donegal) - Posts: 1450 - 17/03/2013 12:50:05    1350803

He is in my view one of the top 5 or 6 forwards in the country.

He certainly is!!!! Scored two of the nicest scores your ever likely to see in a game of football last night.

DLlegends (Donegal) - Posts: 503 - 17/03/2013 12:57:16    1350810

Quality player, horrible luck with the cruciates big loss to Cork.

CaisleanCnucha (Dublin) - Posts: 1379 - 17/03/2013 13:08:08    1350821

Fantastic athlete and a really naturally gifted forward. Very sad to hear and hope he returns in the not so distant future.

RoyalClass (Meath) - Posts: 790 - 17/03/2013 13:15:49    1350828

very sad to hear. Maybe for the sake of his health he should give it up. one is bad, three must be very hard to take

mmcartan (Cork) - Posts: 17 - 17/03/2013 14:07:29    1350863

Sad , The lad just has no luck. Can't help but feel for him!

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13659 - 17/03/2013 14:13:02    1350867

A great player whose career has been blighted by serious injury.

I wish him nothing but the best.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts: 5030 - 17/03/2013 14:26:40    1350872

Colm o Neil is in my view( as I have constantly told everyone who wants to Listen) the best footballer in Ireland. Good luck to him

derryman (Derry) - Posts: 3246 - 17/03/2013 14:34:10    1350877

terrible news ,hopefully its not to bad and this great player is not lost to cork football.

superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2901 - 17/03/2013 14:47:06    1350886

Thats awful bad luck. Best wishes to him, I hope he has a speedy recovery.

mayoboy1 (Mayo) - Posts: 1654 - 17/03/2013 17:52:21    1351047

It's a serious blow to any outside chance we had of winning SAM this year. We don't have many natural forwards and if Colm is out for the year, I find it very hard to see us putting it up to the likes of Mayo, Dublin, Donegal in Croke Park.

Rebel.Og (Cork) - Posts: 519 - 17/03/2013 18:15:10    1351076

Looked to be flying last night very sad hope for the best for one of most talented forwards in Ireland. Tough on the lad hope for something decent in the scan to get him back.

Tyronetim (Tyrone) - Posts: 1254 - 17/03/2013 18:20:51    1351088

watched this game on tv last night. Colm was flying and scored two wonderfull points off both feet. he then was out in front of his man chasing a low ball that was played in to him. he seemed to catch his foot in the turf and tumble head over heels twisting his knee in the process. he is my favourite forward in the country at present and I wish him well. such a dreadful shame.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5524 - 17/03/2013 19:50:01    1351144

horrible news, i really hope to see the lad line out against kerry again, class footballer.

dubes (Kerry) - Posts: 69 - 17/03/2013 20:59:55    1351194

horrible news, i really hope to see the lad line out against kerry again, class footballer.

dubes (Kerry) - Posts: 69 - 17/03/2013 20:59:55    1351195

Saw him last year v Donegal , class act. To happen once , bad luck, but three times is shocking. He's probably gone for the season, huge loss for Cork. Hope he recovers soon.

johnjoseph (Derry) - Posts: 158 - 18/03/2013 12:58:13    1351354