Rebels deny O’Connor cleared on technicality

CORK GAA chiefs yesterday issued a statement in response to claims that footballer Donncha O’Connor was freed to play in Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC replay due to technicality in the referee’s report.

O’Connor was suspended following an incident with Kerry’s Aidan O’Mahony in the drawn game however Rebel GAA chiefs were successful in appealing the ban.

However, Cork bosses are angry at how their successful case is now being portrayed and claimed that much of the comment is ‘incorrect’. Yesterday’s statement referenced the decision of the Hearings Committee which was issued by Croke Park on 28.