DUBLIN MANAGER JIM Gavin has confirmed they will be without Davy Byrne for Sunday’s Leinster football final due to a broken nose suffered in a challenge match fracas last weekend.
The Ballymun Kickhams club man received the injury following a blow from a rival Armagh player before the match began at the DCU sports grounds in Glasnevin.
It had been reported that Byrne also suffered a fractured eye socket during the flashpoint though Gavin confirmed it was a nose fracture injury only.
The matter appears to be at an end as the All-Ireland winning manager stated that both players have since made contact and agreed to park the issue.
It’s understood that no official action will be taken against either player which occurred shortly before the officially sanctioned match which was referred by Longford referee Fergal Kelly began.
“Regrettably, an incident took place before a recent challenge game against Armagh,” said Gavin at a pre-Leinster final press briefing this evening.
“It’s disappointing because I think discipline would be a core philosophy of both management teams.
“Subsequent to that, both players have spoken and they regret what happened and both players are now concentrating on their inter-county careers.”
Byrne was an integral part of Ballymun’s run to the 2013 AIB All-Ireland club final and has emerged as a versatile utility player in Gavin’s county set up capable of playing in a variety of positions.
Byrne’s loss for Sunday’s Croke Park showdown is tempered by better news elsewhere.
Bernard Brogan has been nursing a hand injury for a number of weeks but fired 2-3 in the provincial semi-final win over Kildare and will line out again.
Denis Bastick is also available.
Roy Keane has turned into the very thing he hates – a show clown!
@Pat Rascal: you’re obviously a poo fan
@anthony davoren: a poo fan? Anto try get it right ! Roy be disappointed with your feeble comeback.
@anthony davoren: idiot alert.
@anthony davoren: seriously – what age are you?
@Graham: jaysus ye are all out tonight
@colin coady: hardly a comeback,.just stating the obvious based on his cynical comment
@anthony davoren: You left out the letter L but still managed to touch a nerve.
@Pat Rascal: And I haven’t forgiven him for Saipan, when push came to shove he fu€&ed off in the one tournament that we had a real chance in if any one is old enough to remember.
Most entertaining maybe but not the best, give me a sadlier or kerr anyway. They provide such indepth analysis that rue football fans love. Roy is for the casual fan
@Phil: anyday*
@Phil: Sadlier is the best imo. Kerr good also. Keane doesn’t come close to these guys.
@Phil: damian Delaney is excellent
@Ray Ridge: Sky aren’t interested in in-depth analysis of the game. They’re interested in stats and sensationalism. Keane does what he’s told because they pay his wages. That’s about the size of it. Kerr, Delaney and Sadlier are by far the better “pundits” imo.
Roy has become the king of sound bites.
And the worst – winner by a country mile. Ex red Mr Spitty who shows zero balance in his alleged analysis. Should have been sacked!
What a nonsense article! Keano is a United legend but average pundit. Mostly he’s there to get a reaction from the other pundits. Oh and it’s TP (initials of player from previous article)
@G Bot: Gavin talking out of his hole.To much snow (actual snow )
It’s great to see Keane find success/happiness after retirement as a player. For years he was bitter about how he was fired until he became a much loved pundit.
But Gary Neville, Jamie Carragher, Ian Wright and Micah Richards are equally as interesting to listen to as Keane.
@Caolan Z: “big meeks” is dreadful to listen to.
He comes out with the same guff every week.
Not getting stuck in
Not wanting it enough
He has to do better.
@Brendan Coleman: That’s exactly the issue Amorim has with Rashford since he joined the club recently, not doing enough and not getting stuck in, so what’s wrong with Roy Keane as a pundit exposing the same shortcomings in Rashfords and others game. By his own admission Keane never regarded himself as a gifted footballer but he showed leadership, got stuck in and done enough to help Man. Utd, have so much success. As a manager he took Sunderland from the bottom of the Championship table to winning it the same season. Just name me another Irish born soccer player that achieved more success in their football career than Roy Keane?
Brian Kerr and Richie Sadlier far better at analysing the game. Keane is there for the novelty factor.
But that’s his job !!
@ Robert conway. Agreed about Carraher. That a h**e Neville as well so bias towards the other team in red.
The ManUre fans love him.
Best pundit…….No. Most entertaining… Yes.
He’s become everything he pretended to hate
He is probably the most famous pundit based on his quick wit and playing career. He is also probably the most entertaining pundit.
I think the likes of Delaney and Kerr are better pundits and can explain tactical stuff in an easy to understand way.
Worst pundit for anyone who knows anything about the game , great for the clueless masses