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Watch: ‘It’s disgusting’ – Sunday Game panel blast McCann

written by Chris McNulty June 9, 2019
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The Sunday Game panel has blasted Tyrone’s Tiernan McCann after a controversial incident in yesterday’s Ulster SFC semi-final against Donegal.

During the second half of the game – which Donegal won 1-16 to 0-15 – Donegal defender Stephen McMenamin won a free from McCann.

However with McMenamin grounded and swamped by Tyrone players, footage appeared to show McCann making contact with the face of the Donegal defender.

“That’s crossing the line,” former Dublin defender Ciaran Whelan said.

“You can’t put your hands in there.”

The Central Competitions Controls Committee (CCCC) can apply retrospective punishment if the referee has missed it during the course of the game. McCann was later withdrawn injured.

Tomas Ó Sé, the former Kerry defender, said: “He knew exactly what he was doing. The hand is going into it. It’s disgusting. It was horrible. There is no defending it.”

Valerie Mulcahy, the ex-Cork player, called the incident ‘despicable’.

'It's totally unacceptable' – The panel examine the controversial incident involving Tiernan McCann in Tyrone's loss to Donegal pic.twitter.com/kiGxJ6o2xV

— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) June 9, 2019

Watch: ‘It’s disgusting’ – Sunday Game panel blast McCann was last modified: June 9th, 2019 by Chris McNulty
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2019 Ulster SFCCiaran WhelanDeclan Bonnermickey harteStephen McMenaminSunday GameTiernan McCannTomás Ó SéTyroneValerie Mulcahy
Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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