Fourteen off in red card fever

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly last night applauded referees for their consistent application of the rules after a weekend of red card fever in the Allianz Football League.

No fewer than 14 players were sent off in 16 League games half for straight red card offences and a GAC investigation is pending into an incident after Kerry's victory over Cork in Tralee, which left Kerry's Paul Galvin in hospital with concussion.

Mr. Kelly pointed to the fact that a number of the weekend dismissals were for second yellow cards and insisted that this was less to do with ill-discipline than a concerted bid by referees for consistent application of the rules.