Former Galway footballer Cormac Bane has been forced to retire from the game following a succession of concussion injuries this year and last. Bane, who won a Connacht SFC medal at corner-forward in 2008 and made 18 championship appearances for the Tribesmen, first suffered concussion last year and was again left concussed during a recent club game against Carrraroe. On medical grounds, I have to announce my retirement from football with immediate effect,” Bane wrote yesterday. “A serious and prolonged concussion injury last year has been followed by a similar one sustained v Carrraroe. Although there had been suggestions it was linked to suspected concussion Burns may have suffered the week previous, it’s understood the issue was related to dehydration.

Source: Irish Examiner June 11, 2019 09:00 UTC