KEVIN KEANE WILL be available for the All-Ireland football championship semi-final against Dublin on Sunday week after winning his red card appeal.
The Mayo footballer was given his marching orders in the closing stages of the quarter-final win over Donegal after striking Michael Murphy.
However, Keane appealed against the suspension and the GAA’s Central Hearings Committee subsequently downgraded his punishment to a yellow card during a disciplinary meeting on Wednesday evening.
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Mayo face Dublin on Sunday 30 August at Croke Park in a repeat of the 2013 final. Throw-in is at 3.30pm.
As a Mayo fan I’m glad he got off because he’s been playing well but when I heard he was appealing l thought why bother because he hasn’t a hope in hell off getting off with that and Mayo must be just chancing their arm. The refs must be thinking why they bother because he clearly struck Murphy and it doesn’t matter if there was provocation, it’s a red card offence. As it is in most sports.
he clearly punched Murphy and took the red for it. the rules state that striking or attempting to strike a player is deemed a red card offence. it’s no wonder the cccc has very little credibility when players flout the laws of the game knowing they’ll get bans and cards overturned. it’d be nice to see a bit of proper rule enforcement in next year’s championship but it is the gaa after all. the refs and the cccc have a long way to go to get the respect of most fans and players.
How he got off this is beyond me…
Murphy should have got Red she struck first.
ah sure why bother with rules
CCC are gone to off their head now. At this stage everyone will challenge reds.
Two points to make here (and as a genuine mayo supporter I might add) Kevin was brought on to see out a game already won and then he retaliated with punch on Murphy in front of the ref and for rightly sent off. He left the pitch smiling!!!. Kevin, a good player etc etc, obviously doesn’t see the big picture and Mayo can’t afford to chance that again in a semi final and hopefully a final. Point 2, how could the cccc over rule the refs decision in this case, the evidence is blatant. It smells of a kangaroo court, it makes a mockery of the ref, his decision and the rules. This favoured the Mayo team, this time, but shows the amateurish nature of the Gaa admin, where there is no certainty, there are countless examples of similar stupidity in the past few years, we, the Gaa, need to wise up.
I agree (Mayo fan too). This appeal by Mayo was made in hope more than anything…everyone is surprised. This time it went for us, decisions gone against us before and will again. I think it is the inconsistency that annoys people.
The hypocrisy is stupendous.
sense at last I thought it was a crazy sending off at the time but sky did not even mention it in their post match analysis….
Ah here…….
If he stuck the head on Murphy with a round house kick for the finish he’d still get off