Tipp’s O’Meara hit with one-match ban

TIPPERARY have been rocked by the news that Brian O’Meara’s yellow card from last Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final has been upgraded to red.

Full-forward O’Meara, making his championship debut against Cork, was booked four minutes after half-time for a challenge on Cork corner back Shane O’Neill at the Blackrock End at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The incident was later highlighted on The Sunday Game and compared with Galway’s Andy Smith’s red-card offence against Wexford from the previous night’s Leinster Senior Hurling Championship clash in Kilkenny.