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There Could Be Bans Handed Out Following The Brawl In Boston

There Could Be Bans Handed Out Following The Brawl In Boston
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The most feared body in the GAA, the CCCC, are set to investigate the melee which marred Sunday's Fenway Hurling Classic between Galway and Dublin.

Colm Keys of the Irish Independent reports that the CCCC are to scrutinise the report of referee Alan Kelly before deciding on whether to take action. Only three players were sin-binned for an incident which sucked in both sets of players.

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Iarla Tannian and Andy Smith were yellow carded for Galway while Dublin's goalkeeper Conor Dooley also spent time on the sideline. Those players will escape further sanction.

The offence of 'contributing to a melee' carries a one-match ban. On the evidence of the widely circulated footage, a spate of one-match bans are a distinct possibility.

Whether that penalty would survive the appeal process is another matter.

Read more: 'Go Cage-Fighting' - Eamon Dunphy Weighs In On Fenway Park Hurling Brawl

Read more: Here's How The Boston Media Viewed The 'Mayhem' Between Galway And Dublin

 

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