Royals set to appeal Bray’s suspension

MEATH GAA chiefs have confirmed that they will appeal Stephen Bray’s sending-off in last Saturday’s All-Ireland qualifier win over Limerick that is threatening his participation in next Sunday’s quarter-final showdown against Mayo.

Bray was shown a straight red card in the closing stages for an off-the-ball altercation with Limerick defender Mark O’Riordan, but there was some confusion afterwards as to whether referee Padraig Hughes made a mistake in not issuing Bray with a second yellow card before that.

“We’re definitely going to be appealing the dismissal,” stated Meath PRO Brendan Cummins. “We don’t know yet when the hearing will be as because of the Bank Holiday, things were a bit slower being sorted out. We don’t know what the situation is with regards to a second yellow card being issued because the RTÉ video evidence is quite unclear. But we have to go all the way with these things to try and get Stephen playing. We’re quite annoyed over what happened. Stephen was coming into great form and he’d be a huge loss if he is absent.”