An early Ryan Brennan goal was sufficient in the end for St Patrick’s Athletic to deservedly avenge a defeat at the RSC back in February as Waterford finished with nine men at Richmond Park.

The absence of Stanley Aborah and Bastien Hery didn’t help Waterford United’s cause at the Brandywell, as Derry City extended their unbeaten run at the Brandywell.

Cork City and Waterford FC will be without key players in the coming weeks as the clubs were hit with combined bans totalling 19 matches for their roles in the brawl which marred the end of the Munster derby at the RSC last weekend.

There's a total of 19 matches' worth of bans shared among those involved.

Cork City boss John Caulfield says his team have “an awful lot of improving to do” as they look to re-ignite their Premier Division campaign.

Waterford manager Alan Reynolds has described the mass brawl at the end of their 2-1 victory over Cork City on Friday as like “all hell breaking loose”.

RTÉ have released video footage of the mass brawl between Waterford and Cork City which saw four players and both managers sent-off.

As if this comeback win for Waterford didn’t provide enough drama to be going on with, an extraordinary night ended with two players from each side and both managers being sent off in time added on as tempers boiled over at the RSC.

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