Fogarty Forum: Cian Lynch owed an exoneration

Hurling's best player was the subject of a controversial sending off, Cian Lynch shown a straight red card for what could only be described as an entanglement

Cian Lynch of NUI Galway walks away after being sent off by referee Fergal Horgan during the Fitzgibbon Cup Final match at IT Carlow. Picture: Matt Browne/Sportsfile

Nine years ago, Kilkenny won a battle weeks after Cork had knocked them out of the All-Ireland senior hurling championship.

Contesting Henry Shefflin’s dismissal in their quarter-final loss to Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s side in Thurles, they convinced the Central Hearings Committee that Shefflin shouldn’t have been shown a first yellow card for a flick on Lorcán McLoughlin.