Refusal of McCartan’s appeal is ‘an injustice’, says Down management

DOWN are angered by the ‘injustice’ of the GAA’s Games Administration Committee’s rejection of influential midfielder Gregory McCartan’s appeal against his suspension for Sunday’s Bank of Ireland Ulster SFC final replay against Tyrone in Clones.

His sending-off last Sunday will not only keep him out of the replay, but at least one more game and possibly two. It also deprives the team of their principal free-taker.

McCartan and the team management had been hopeful of having his red-card offence, booked late in the first half of last weekend's draw, overturned on the basis that the referee acted incorrectly.