O'Byrne Cup/Dublin 0-10, Wicklow 1-5: "Confusing" was the verdict of the Wicklow and Dublin managers on the new rules after their O'Byrne Cup match saw six players sin-binned over the 70 minutes at Aughrim yesterday.

Dublin, fielding a team of under-21s, booked their place in the next round in the closing 10 minutes with points from corner-forward and free-taker Mark Vaughan, joint top-scorer Bernard Brogan in the other corner, and Brendan Phelan on the wing.

Both managers, Paddy Canning, Dublin's under-21 coach, and Hugh Kenny gave the thumbs down to the sin-bin rule though they did see merit in the pick-up off the ground.

Dublin, who now play Louth in the next round this weekend, suffered the most under the sin-bin yellow card, accounting for four of the six players who had to sit out 10-minute periods of the match.

Indeed, Dublin finished the last 10 minutes with 13 players as full-back Nicky McGrath was sent off for a second offence, while midfielder Eamon Fennell was sin-binned at the same time.

In the last minute of the first half McGrath was the first player in the game to be sin-binned under the new rules and this led to a penalty for Wicklow, which Jonathan Daniels converted for a 1-3 to 0-5 interval lead.

DUBLIN: D Mitchell; A Downes, N McGrath, D McCann; D Reilly, N Cooper, G Brennan; E Fennell, D Dineen (0-1); B Phelan (0-1), C Moore, G O'Meara; B Brogan (0-4), B Kelly, M Vaughan (0-4). Subs: W Lowry for Reilly; C Hore for Kelly; K Flynn for Moore; K Cleere for Vaughan; M Twomey for O'Meara.

WICKLOW: I Burke; C Hyland, N Murphy, B Daly; K Manning, G Doran, C Davis; J Stafford, T McKeown; W Callaghan, A Ellis, D Cullen; C Horan (0-2), J Daniels (1-1), D O'Sullivan (0-1). Subs: JP Davis for T McKeown; T Doyle (0-1) for D Cullen; S Cushe for C Horan.

Referee: S Doyle (Wexford).