Rory Gallagher fumes over Leo McLoone red

Donegal manager Rory Gallagher expressed his annoyance in the dressing room area to referee Eddie Kinsella over his handling of a fractious first 35 minutes in Tralee yesterday.

The Laois official then felt obliged to appraise Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice of the exchange as tempers threatened to boil over at Austin Stack Park.

Gallagher fumed that Kerry had got Donegal’s Leo McLoone sent off, levelling up the two sides numerically after an early dismissal for Kingdom full-forward Alan Fitzgerald. Afterwards Gallagher also indicated a second Kerry player should have received his marching orders. But the Donegal manager also admitted he was disappointed with the discipline of his own side, and the fact that they didn’t push on with the wind after levelling at 0-7 each in the second period.