Bennett slams ‘crazy’ dismissal of son

Ballysaggart selector Pat Bennett launched a scathing attack on referee John Keenan over the “crazy” dismissal of his son Kieran during Saturday’s All-Ireland junior final replay.

The Ballysaggart midfielder received a second yellow card on 45 minutes for an innocuous frontal challenge on Creggan’s Ruairí McCann, a decision that drew the full wrath of the defeated management.

Pat, clutching his son’s hurley, questioned why GAA top-brass would allow a Wicklow native officiate an All-Ireland hurling final, one “that doesn’t know what hurling is”.