Carr hopes to avoid touch ban

Dublin's management team are confident Tom Carr will be on the Semple Stadium sideline for Saturday's All-Ireland football quarter-final replay against Kerry (3 p.m.)

Carr's intrusion on to the pitch during Saturday's drawn match will be dealt with at tomorrow night's meeting of the Games Administration Committee when referee Michael Curley's report is to be discussed.

Carr is likely to be asked to appear before the following meeting of the GAC, tomorrow week. In the meantime, however, the Dublin manager could request a personal hearing.

Mindful of the three-match bans for similar offences imposed on Cork's Larry Tompkins and Eamonn Coleman of Derry, a Dublin official indicated yesterday his county board were prepared to highlight the fact that whereas the Cork and Derry managers had previous convictions in this regard, Carr has never before been guilty of intruding on to the pitch.

Of greater concern to the Dublin selectors will be the poor scoring rate of the Dublin forwards against Kerry. Only Jason Sherlock and Dessie Farrell, of the starting six, scored from play - a point apiece.

Westmeath manager Luke Dempsey said yesterday his focus over the next few days in the run up to Saturday's All-Ireland quarter-final replay with Meath at Croke Park (6.15 p.m.) would largely be on the mental side.

"My own opinion is that there is no psychological barrier for teams like ours when going out to play sides like Meath. This is something that we have to address over the next few days."

Dempsey firmly believes that it is not so much that Meath win in the last few minutes but rather their opponents tend to capitulate. "It's a matter of maturity and until teams, like ourselves, learn to play for the 70-plus minutes they will not emerge victorious. Some of our players stood off Meath players in the closing stages and that's mainly why we didn't hold on to our advantage."

Meath manager Seβn Boylan is unlikely to name his team before fitness reports on Hank Traynor (leg), Donal Curtis (shoulder) and Paul Shankey (hamstring).

Wexford manager Tom Dempsey named his side last evening for Sunday's All-Ireland hurling semi-final against Tipperary at Croke Park.

The right half back berth has been left open to give Declan Ruth more time to recover from the hamstring strain he aggravated against Limerick. Trevor Kelly moves to midfield and Larry Murphy starts at full forward, with Nick Lambert moving to the "40".

Rory McCarthy switches from the left corner to left wing, with Paul Codd moving to number 13.

The Limerick County Board are to inquire into an alleged fracas at the Gaelic Grounds on Sunday evening as players and officials from Ballybrown and Ahane were leaving the pitch at half-time.

Spectators and mentors also became involved and it took the intervention of garda∅ for peace to be restored.

The fracas, in which punches were traded, lasted for four minutes and it was claimed referee John Sexton was assaulted. He was later interviewed by garda∅. Several officers of the County Board were present.

A new date will have to be found for the All-Ireland under-21 hurling semi-final between Limerick and Galway, which had been earmarked for Sunday, August 26th. Galway footballers will now play Derry in the All-Ireland foot-semi-final on that date.

Wexford (SH v Tipperary): D Fitzhenry; D O'Connor, D Ryan, R Mallon; AN Other, L Dunne, L O'Gorman; A Fenlon, T Kelly; D Stamp, N Lambert, R McCarthy; P Codd, L Murphy, M Jordan.