Kilkenny’s Jonjo Farrell cleared of striking incident

Kilkenny's Jonjo Farrell has been cleared of striking in the league match with Dublin last month. In a controversial decision during the first half of the match Cork referee Colm Lyons showed Farrell a straight red card.

Asked about it afterwards, Kilkenny manager Brian Cody expressed bafflement about the decision.

“I’ll let ye decide on that lads. I won’t talk about referees. Obviously it had a huge bearing on the game - there was nobody hurt. That’s all I know. I don’t know why he was sent off. The referee made a decision and that was it.”

Having had a one-match ban proposed by the Central Competitions Control Committee, the player opted for a hearing and the GAA's Central Hearings Committee ruled that the infraction had been unproven and directed that "disciplinary action be at an end".

Farrell will accordingly be available for the weekend’s match against Galway.