Waterford suffer 'big losses' with Lyons and Montgomery set to miss campaign
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Waterford manager Peter Queally has suffered two significant blows to his 2025 prospects with news that Calum Lyons and Neil Montgomery won't be part of his setup during the coming season.
Speaking after Saturday’s Friends of Brian Greene fundraiser in conjunction with Waterford Hospice, Queally confirmed that both players are out of the country at the moment.
"Unfortunately, we won’t see Neil, he has moved to London. His work takes him to London and that's where he is going to be for the foreseeable future.
"Calum Lyons isn't coming home from Australia. The two of them are going to be big losses for the year ahead."
Waterford will also be without returning star Austin Gleeson for much of their Allianz League campaign, with Conor Prunty and Darragh Lyons also some way short of fitness.
"Conor Prunty is still recuperating from his shoulder injury against Offaly last year. He'll probably be March. Darragh Lyons is looking at the end of March as well, he had a bad injury on the groin going back to the Clare game where he came off after ten minutes. He still isn't right.
"Tadhg De Burca, probably March. Tadhg has had a lot of injuries in the last few years so he is slowly coming back. He picked up an injury with his club at the end of the year so he is just recuperating from that.
“Austin has had a few setbacks in the last few months so it could be March before we see him.”