Conor Glass has declared himself fit for Derry’s Ulster semi-final against Monaghan on Saturday.
The All Star midfielder has been replaced in each of Derry’s last two games due to a hamstring problem but says he’s “all good” ahead of the tie in Omagh.
“It was more precautionary than anything,” he said in relation to leaving the fray early against Dublin in the Division Two League final and then Fermanagh in the Ulster quarter-final.
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“It's been a long year, two years, for me so any chance I can take to get a break I'll try to take it.
“Thankfully it's all good, I've had a full week's training under my belt now.”
As Glass alluded to, he’s had little time to put the feet up with the Derry’s 2022 campaign effectively rolling into his club season with Glen, which only ended in January with an All-Ireland final defeat to Kilmacud Crokes.
Within a week, he played for Derry in the first round of the League against Limerick, “which people were probably sceptical about”.
“But that was my way of getting over the club final. There was so much media noise and so much else going on. So any chance I could get to get over with I was going to take it.”
He added: “It's a long season ahead too so I'll try to manage it as best I can. I've never had any muscle injuries before, touch wood. Hopefully this is the last one.
“That's probably a testament to all the strength and conditioning people I've dealt with throughout the years. Yeah, just the season I've had really I haven't had a break to recharge the batteries.”
Glass was speaking at the launch of the 2023 FRS GAA World Games, which will be staged in his native county from July 24-27.
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