Tipp minor misses final as ban reimposed

THE intervention of GAA president Seán McCague and the management committee in Croke Park has resulted in Tipperary’s John Boland missing out on the greatest day in his sporting life.

The Toomevara youngster has been ruled out of next Sunday’s All-Ireland MHC final against Kilkenny after the management committee of the GAA reimposed a month’s suspension on him following his sending off in a recent county championship game.

Boland, along with three other players, was red-carded in a North Tipperary MHC match between Toomevara and Kilruane McDonaghs, but were subsequently cleared by the board which freed him to line out in next Sunday’s final.