Jason Forde’s club Silvermines lament ban decision

Chairman Maurice Leamy says members of the Silvermines club have been left “absolutely flabbergasted” by the one-match suspension that will see Jason Forde miss out on Sunday’s Munster SHC quarter-final against Cork.

And Leamy believes Forde is collateral damage in a bid by GAA disciplinary chiefs to suspend Wexford manager Davy Fitzgerald for eight weeks.

Forde clashed with Fitzgerald when Tipperary beat Wexford in the Allianz Hurling League semi-final at Nowlan Park last month, an incident that led to a heavy ban for Fitzgerald. Forde had a proposed two-match ban reduced to one at Central Hearings Committee level, before his appeal to the Central Appeals Committee failed at Croke Park Tuesday evening.