TOUGH opposition for Meath in the Championship
Armagh 1-12 Cavan 0-9:
Armagh led 0-5 to 0-2 at the break.
A mass brawl between Armagh and Cavan took place before the start.
Cavan’s Martin Dunne was unable to play
An Ulster Council statement said that that the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee will "view the referee's report and any action will arise from the findings."
ARMAGH: P McEvoy; J Morgan, C Vernon, A Mallon; M Shields (0-1), B Donaghy, C McKeever; K Toner, A Findon; E McVerry 0-2 (two frees), K Dyas, C Rafferty (1-0); S Campbell, E Rafferty (0-2, one ’45), J Clarke (0-4, two frees).
Subs: A Kernan (0-3, one free) for Shields (40 mins), K Carragher for Campbell (51 mins), T Kernan for McVerry (57 mins), G McCooey for Clarke (69 mins).
CAVAN: C Gilsenan; J McLoughlin, R Dunne, F Flanagan (0-1); J McEnroe, A Clarke, D O’Reilly; G McKiernan (0-2, one free), D Givney 0-2; D McVitty, N McDermott, M Reilly; E Keating (0-2, two frees), J Brady, K Brady.
Subs: C Mackey (0-1) for O’Reilly, T Mooney for McDermott, R Maloney-Derham for K Brady (all h/t), M Argue for Clarke (57 mins), J Hayes for McEnroe (BC, 62 mins), M McKeever (0-1) for Maloney-Derham (BC, 69 mins).
Referee: Marty Duffy (Sligo)
The Armagh County Board were informed of the decision by the CCCC after the investigation into the incident before the Ulster Championship first round win over Cavan at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh.
ReplyDelete3 players will receive a one game suspension, Brendan Donaghy, Kieran Toner and Andy Mallon. The CCCC have also imposed a €5000 fine.
The Armagh County Board will be appealing against the decision.
Cavan were given €5000 fine and 2 players suspended, Martin Dunne & Fergal Flanagan
The GAA's Hearings Committee has upheld the one-match bans handed out to Armagh trio Andy Mallon, Brendan Donaghy and Kieran Toner.
ReplyDeleteThe three Armagh players appeared in front of the Hearings Committee Fri 20 June 2014 and reports that the charge against them was down-graded to "rough play" but the suspensions still stand.
Saturday 28 June 2014 Ulster SFC semi-final Armagh v Monaghan, Clones, 7pm
ReplyDeleteArmagh are expected to take the cases of suspended trio Andy Mallon, Kieran Toner and Brendan Donaghy to the Disputes Resolution Authority in a last-ditch effort to have them cleared for tomorrow's Ulster SFC semi-final against holders Monaghan. All three had their second appeals rejected by the Central Appeals Committee