THERE’S MORE BAD news for Tipperary ahead of Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1 semi-final against Waterford as Allstar goalkeeper Darren Gleeson has been ruled out of the Nowlan Park clash.
Gleeson has been carrying a knee injury and while he lined out for his club Portroe last weekend, the 34-year-old will be out of top-level action “for a few more weeks”, according to Premier County board secretary Tim Floyd.
Gleeson was replaced by Darragh Egan in the victory over Kilkenny and the Kildangan man deputised for the quarter-final victory against Offaly.
And Egan is expected to retain his place in the starting line-up for the last four showdown with Derek McGrath’s Déise.
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Darragh Egan will start in goals for Tipperary next Sunday James Crombie / INPHO
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Floyd admitted to Tipp FM that manager Eamon O’Shea has “a growing list of injuries” to contend with.
“We originally had a training panel of 36 but if you take into account that Bill Maher and John McGrath are tied up with the U21 football next weekend, you’re down to 28 then and five of those 28 are only coming back from injury, the likes of Michael Cahill, Paul Curran, ‘Bonnar’ Maher, John Meagher and James Barry.
“They’re lacking match practice so they’ll have to pick from that last five I mentioned to make up the panel of 26 for next Sunday.
“He (Gleeson) played a club game but was really only standing in the goals. He has a serious enough knee injury so he’ll be out for a few more weeks.”
Tipp felt that they had put forward a very strong case to Croke Park’s Central Hearings Committee as they challenged the Callanan dismissal and Barrett’s first yellow card from the Faithful County victory.
Floyd and his top-table colleagues then decided not to pursue the Callanan case to Central Appeals Committee (CAC) level.
Seamus Callanan expresses surprise after he was sent off against Offaly Morgan Treacy / INPHO
Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO
“It’s frustrating really. I was there myself. It’s gone very legalistic. We’re not sure if we were to go the next step whether there would be an improvement because even if you prove something, (that) it’s not a strike, you still have to prove that the referee got it wrong.
“It becomes very legal when you come down to wordings like that. It goes beyond what non-legal people are used to anyway.
“Very disappointing for Seamie. He was very frustrated after it because we thought we had a fantastic chance really.
“The body language of the people at the hearing was that he would get off but unfortunately we have a legal man as chair of that committee, Liam Keane, and obviously he looked at things differently.”
ANOTHER injury blow for Tipperary hurlers
THERE’S MORE BAD news for Tipperary ahead of Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League Division 1 semi-final against Waterford as Allstar goalkeeper Darren Gleeson has been ruled out of the Nowlan Park clash.
Gleeson has been carrying a knee injury and while he lined out for his club Portroe last weekend, the 34-year-old will be out of top-level action “for a few more weeks”, according to Premier County board secretary Tim Floyd.
Gleeson was replaced by Darragh Egan in the victory over Kilkenny and the Kildangan man deputised for the quarter-final victory against Offaly.
And Egan is expected to retain his place in the starting line-up for the last four showdown with Derek McGrath’s Déise.
Floyd admitted to Tipp FM that manager Eamon O’Shea has “a growing list of injuries” to contend with.
Cathal Barrett is out with a shoulder problem and Kieran Bergin broke a bone in his hand on his comeback with Killenaule last Sunday. Denis Maher and Joe O’Dwyer are also unavailable and Floyd expanded on the list of walking wounded.
“They’re lacking match practice so they’ll have to pick from that last five I mentioned to make up the panel of 26 for next Sunday.
“He (Gleeson) played a club game but was really only standing in the goals. He has a serious enough knee injury so he’ll be out for a few more weeks.”
Floyd also voiced his frustration at the GAA’s disciplinary process after Seamus Callanan failed to have his red card from the Offaly game rescinded.
Tipp felt that they had put forward a very strong case to Croke Park’s Central Hearings Committee as they challenged the Callanan dismissal and Barrett’s first yellow card from the Faithful County victory.
Floyd and his top-table colleagues then decided not to pursue the Callanan case to Central Appeals Committee (CAC) level.
“It’s frustrating really. I was there myself. It’s gone very legalistic. We’re not sure if we were to go the next step whether there would be an improvement because even if you prove something, (that) it’s not a strike, you still have to prove that the referee got it wrong.
“It becomes very legal when you come down to wordings like that. It goes beyond what non-legal people are used to anyway.
“Very disappointing for Seamie. He was very frustrated after it because we thought we had a fantastic chance really.
“The body language of the people at the hearing was that he would get off but unfortunately we have a legal man as chair of that committee, Liam Keane, and obviously he looked at things differently.”
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