Ardmore protest as Prendergast is ‘singled out’

GAA OFFICIALS in Waterford are furious at the decision to rescind the red card shown to Kilkenny’s Eddie Brennan following Sunday’s ill-tempered NHL encounter against Davy Fitzgerald’s side in Walsh Park.

Brennan was sent off in an incident with Waterford defender Declan Prendergast. Following a review of the video, the Kilkenny forward was banned for four weeks by the Central Competitions Control Committee while Prendergast received — and accepted — an eight weeks ban.

All-Ireland winner Brennan appealed his sentence to the Central Hearings Committee on Thursday night and they cleared him of the charge of ‘attempting to strike an opponent’ based on video evidence and a recommendation from the CCCC.