Galway's Conor Whelan 'shocked' by 'very harsh' black card he was shown in Leinster final

Former referee Brian Gavin, writing in Monday’s Irish Examiner, believed the correct call to have been made

SHOCKED: Conor Whelan  is shown a Black Card by referee Michael Kennedy. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile.

Galway forward Conor Whelan was left “shocked” by the “very harsh” black card he received in the second half of Saturday's Leinster final.

Whelan was black-carded on 55 minutes after pulling down, from behind, Dublin’s Eoghan O’Donnell. The pull-down occurred just outside the 13-metre line and directly in front of the Galway goal.