Brogan fails in appeal bid as Dubs line up challenge matches

Dublin attacker Bernard Brogan's appeal against the eight-week suspension, handed down to him by the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee for his sending-off against Meath, has been unsuccessful.

A statement issued today by the GAA confirmed that Brogan's appeal to the Central Appeals Committee had failed along with those of Meath's Seamus Kenny, Niall McKeigue, Shane McAnarney, Brendan Murphy and Nigel Crawford.