Galway and Armagh were last night pondering their next move after the CCCC meted out punishments following last Sunday’s Croke Park brawl.
It is believed that both counties have been notified of player suspensions outside of the three red cards that were issued during the All-Ireland quarter-final, which Galway eventually won on penalties, and that the two county boards have been issued with fines.
Officials in both counties, including Galway chairman Paul Bellew and his Armagh equivalent Mickey Savage, failed to respond to queries on the matter last night though it is most likely that Armagh’s Tiernan Kelly, who appeared to make contact with Galway forward Damien Comer’s eyes at the height of the scuffle, is among those proposed for a ban.
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The two camps have three days to either accept the punishments or seek hearings and that’s particularly pressing in the case of Galway, who take on Derry in the All-Ireland semi-final a week from tomorrow.
Tribe captain Sean Kelly was sent off following the melee, along with Armagh’s Aidan Nugent, and Galway are challenging his red card given that he appeared to play no more peripheral role in the brawl. Kelly’s hearing, which is expected to yield a successful outcome for the full-back, could be heard as soon as tonight.
Greg McCabe of Armagh was sent off earlier in the game for a high challenge on Matthew Tierney but, like Nugent, he will miss only the opening game of the 2023 Allianz League as things stand.
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