No appeal joy for Offaly's Currams

Offaly hurler Daniel Currams has failed in his bid to overturn the red card he picked up during the Faithful County's drawn Leinster semi-final against Galway on June 20.

Currams was dismissed in the 45th minute of the Croke Park encounter, for a high tackle on Galway's David Burke, and was reported by referee Johnny Ryan for "behaving in a manner dangerous to an opponent".

The Kilcormac/Killoughey clubman featured as a half-time substitute in the game, and was unsuccessful in his appeal to the GAA's Central Hearings Committee (CHC).

The CHC ruled that it "did not find the evidence presented sufficiently compelling to contradict the contents of the referee's report".

The four-week ban rules Currams out of Offaly's All-Ireland phase 2 qualifier against Limerick on Saturday week.