Tipp defence problems worsen with Corcoran ban

Tipperary hurler Eamonn Corcoran has been handed a three-month ban by the Games Administration Committee that rules him out of his county’s crucial Munster SHC tie with Clare on Sunday.

The defender was banned after he was sent off in a National Hurling League game with Galway in Thurles last month, and was hoping for a four-week ban which would have seen him eligible to play on Sunday.