Virus continues to grip Armagh camp

May 22, 2009

Former Armagh manager and now selector Peter McDonnell
The Armagh footballers returned to training last night, despite another player being struck down by a virus that has swept the panel over the past week. A training session and press night had to be cancelled on Tuesday after 12 players were quarantined to prevent the stomach bug from spreading. While manager Peter McDonnell expects the bulk of his players to have recovered in time for Sunday week's big Ulster SFC opener against Tyrone, he admitted that it could take some longer than others to get back to full health. "I would hope that is not the case, but it manifests itself in different ways in different people," he said. "It is not ideal to be scuppered in our preparation in the last week of the hard graft so we have missed out on that."

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