12-week ban upheld but Tommy Dunne expected to appeal

17 April 2022; Tipperary selector and coach Tommy Dunne, left, in conversation with Seamus Callanan after the Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 1 match between Waterford and Tipperary at Walsh Park in Waterford. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Tipperary coach and selector Tommy Dunne is expected to fight his 12-week ban after it was upheld by the Central Hearings Committee last night.

Dunne is adamant he did not act in a threatening manner towards referee Johnny Murphy as is claimed in the official's match report. Murphy sent off Dunne at the half-time break in the county’s Munster SHC Round 1 defeat to Waterford last Sunday week.