Leinster SFC round-up: Ref pushed to ground and verbally abused

Leinster Council will assess Tiernan’s match report before deciding what sanctions will be issued.

Summerhill, St. Loman’s and Éire Óg all secured their place in the last eight of the Leinster senior club football championship with wins over the weekend, but the big news came after the final whistle at Glenisk O’Connor Park in Tullamore, where referee Barry Tiernan was pushed to the ground and verbally abused by a number of Tullamore supporters following their 1-9 to 1-7 defeat to the Meath champions.

Tullamore missed a host of chances over the course of the hour, but a first-half goal from Declan Hogan was enough to ensure that they still led by two points with five minutes to play. However a fortuitous Kevin Ryan goal and Eoghan Frayne’s fourth point of the afternoon completed the scoring, before Adam Flanagan was deemed to have handled the ball on the ground on the last attack of the game.