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People Couldn't Get Over Noel McGrath's Red Card In Munster Club Semi-Final

People Couldn't Get Over Noel McGrath's Red Card In Munster Club Semi-Final
Gary Connaughton
By Gary Connaughton
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There is something special about the club championships.

Seeing the best club sides from around the country take each other on on a national stage makes for a brilliant spectacle.  Of course, it always helps to have a few top class inter-county players on your side.

Tipperary hurling champions Loughmore-Castleiney are a prime example. They are blessed with some wonderful players, with their contingent of McGraths chief amongst them.

They would take on Waterford's Ballygunner this afternoon in the Munster semi-final, hoping to reach the final in the competition for the first time since 2007.

Ballygunner would have the better of the play in the opening period, with Loughmore-Castleiney's task made all the more difficult by a controversial refereeing decision.

Noel McGrath was given his marching orders for barging an opposition player off the ball. It seemed a very harsh call, even more so when you consider the Tipp man was retaliating to having been hit with a shoulder first.

It was a big decision that was always going to have a major impact on the remainder of the contest.

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There was a general consensus among those watching the game that McGrath had been very hard done by.

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Noel's younger brother John would also be sent off in the final ten minutes after picking up two yellow cards.

Loughmore-Castleiney would put up a spirited fight over the remainder of the game, but they just couldn't keep pace with the opposition and would eventually to a 2-11 to 0-12 defeat.

While there is no guarantee that they would have won against a very good Ballygunner team even with 15 men, the task was a lot more difficult after this call.

A tough way to go out.

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