Murphy: Situation was always under control

Ulster Council secretary Danny Murphy has insisted the stewards at Páirc Esler were “in control” of the flashpoints in the stand during Sunday’s drawn Ulster club quarter-final between Kilcoo and Crossmaglen.

A number of unsavoury incidents occurred in the first half of an explosive tie, with a supporter allowed to walk down the steps and get involved in a heated exchange with a section of the Crossmaglen substitutes on two separate occasions.

Murphy, who was the event controller in Newry, accepted the game was “a very tense affair” but defended the stewards’ role and denied they had failed to act.