It'll be a major blow to Offaly at both senior and U-20 level.
One of the brightest prospects in the Offaly football ranks is set to miss the championship season.
Declan Kelly confirmed that Cormac Egan has had a scan on a persistent hamstring injury and it has confirmed the end of his inter-county campaign.
The Tullamore forward featured in three league games for John Maughan's senior side and was set to be a feature of the faithful's bid to retain the All-Ireland title.
The 19-year-old needs an operation to address the issue, which will require a significant recovery period.
U-20 boss Declan Kelly admits it's a big blow:
In fairness to Cormac, he's very disappointed obviously but he's a young guy and has another year at U-20 next season.
He needs to get himself right, have his operation, do the work and hopefully be back at the end of the summer for Tullamore you'd expect.
Egan had a busy season last year featuring for Offaly at minor level in both football and hurling as wells as a U-20 campaign in both codes and minor, U-20 and senior duty with his club.
Factoring in a step up to senior strength and conditioning programmes straight off the back of that, it's not unreasonable to think the break might do his body the world of good.
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