'We were robbed': Easkey boss fumes at 'shocking decision' on red card

Emotions ran high in both Croke Park dressing rooms

Andrew Kilcullen of Easkey receives a red card from Eamonn Furlong referee. Pic: ©INPHO/James Lawlor

A pair of managers are asked for their thoughts in the long corridor underneath the Cusack Stand. The emotions spilling out of them couldn’t be of more different colour. Joe Ryan is smiling. Padraig Mannion is seething.

The winning Kilbrittain manager does not have to lament “our worst team performance of the year”. He is instead hailing an “incredible" bunch of players and their seeing out of a most chaotic conclusion.