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County board recommend player’s expulsion following ref attack

Ten footballers have been punished following the incident, which took place at the end of the Antrim Under-21 Football Championship

The GAA have yet to comment on the incident.
The GAA have yet to comment on the incident.

THE ANTRIM COUNTY board have recommended that the GAA expel a St Mary’s Rasharkin player, two club members and a member of the team’s coaching staff, following an alleged attack on a referee last month.

The incident is said to have occurred at the end of a match between St Mary’s Rasharkin and Lamh Dhearg in the Antrim U-21 Football Championship.

RTÉ Sport reports that neither the referee nor his linesman, who was also attacked, were seriously harmed as a result of the incident.

All St Mary’s Rasharkin teams above minor level have since been suspended for a year.

Nine of the other team members have also been punished with suspensions of varying length.

The GAA, meanwhile, have yet to comment on this matter.

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