From GAA.ie a blow for Derry.
QuoteDerry defender, Padraig McGrogan, has admitted he'll miss the rest of the season after rupturing a cruciate ligament in his right knee.
The Newbridge clubman sustained the injury in training on the Thursday after Derry's Ulster SFC quarter-final defeat to Donegal and hopes to undergo surgery next month.
A hugely consistent performer, his absence is a big blow to Derry's All-Ireland ambitions.
"There's no hiding it now, it was done a couple of weeks ago and it just is what it is," said McGrogan today.
"It was the ACL so I won't be taking part in much more now for this season.
"I just went to turn inside, and I just knew right away that I'd done something. It was just a freak accident. It can happen so easily. You never fear it, I felt 100pc the whole way through training and it just happened suddenly, it was just a freak thing.
"I knew right away it was fairly serious. There was a bit of a crunch, and the pain let me know there was something not right anyway."