Cork's hurlers have suffered another setback ahead of their Munster SHC opener against Waterford after Lorcan McLoughlin suffered a dislocated shoulder in a club game on Sunday night.
Depending on the severity of the injury, it could take the Kanturk man a number of months to recover.
A spokesman for Cork GAA said that McLoughlin will be out for the "foreseeable future" and he will see a surgeon later in the week to attain a full diagnosis.
Cork are already without another defender, Chris Joyce, for the match on 7 June.
Joyce tore his cruciate ligament against Dublin back in March.
The news will come as another blow for manager Jimmy Barry-Murphy ahead of the match as his team try to recover from their league final defeat to Waterford.
