Off-pitch drama mars draw between Clare and Tipperary

Clare 0-11 Tipperary 0-11: Tipperary selector, Shane Stapleton, was in hospital last night, after a collision with Clare forward, Jamie Malone. The latter received a straight red card.

This incident-filled Division 2 fixture was 46 minutes old when play spilled out over the sideline, in front of the main stand. Momentum appeared to carry Malone into the path of Stapleton, with the Tipperary selector falling backwards and hitting his head off the concrete path.

Referee Jerome Henry after consultation with his linesman, showed a red card to Malone. His hand gestures implied the Clare forward had deliberately pushed the Tipperary selector. Malone was irate with the call, as was a Clare backroom official, who ran onto the field to remonstrate with the referee.