Dublin hurler Peadar Carton will be sidelined for up to two months after breaking his collarbone.
The O'Toole's attacker sustained the injury during Dublin's 5-23 to 1-07 NHL Division 2A walloping of Wicklow at Parnell Park last Sunday.
Carton, who made his league debut a week previously against Derry, scored a point before shipping the blow. He will return to the fracture clinic later this week but it is hoped that surgery will not be required, after he suffered a clean break.
Meanwhile, the Dublin footballers could include Conal Keaney in their starting line-up for next Saturday's NFL Division 1A clash with Offaly.
The Ballyboden St Enda's star sat out the Dubs' recent O'Byrne Cup campaign and the opening two rounds of the league after undergoing ankle surgery.
But Keaney may make an earlier than expected return to county colours with Dublin manager Paul Caffrey currently without the suspended quartet of Alan Brogan, Ciaran Whelan, Kevin Bonner and Bryan Cullen, as well as Ray Cosgrove, who is on his honeymoon.
Nonetheless, Cosgrove's club mates Paul Griffin, Darren Magee, Mark Vaughan and Liam Og O hEineachain are all back in training with the county panel after the ending of Kilmacud Crokes' AIB All-Ireland championship run.
