The new proposal to do away with any carryover of yellow-card offences has come too late for Clare’s Tony Griffin, who will miss next Sunday’s National Hurling League match against Kilkenny – to add to an already critical situation for Clare manager Mike McNamara, the Irish Times newspaper reports today.The Ballyea hurler was yellow-carded early in the second half of Sunday’s defeat to Cork, and having being called up for a similar second black-book offence in the previous game against Tipperary, at a similar stage, thus receives the automatic two-week ban. “That’s the penalty as it currently stands,” said GAA Head of Games Pat Daly. “A player receiving two yellow cards in the same competition receivers a fortnight ban. It doesn’t matter if he misses one game or two games or no games.
It was announced yesterday that congress, when voting on the motions covering the experimental yellow cards, will have the option of doing away with any carryover of offences, in that the issuing of the cards will cease with the game. In the meantime, unless Griffin is successful with any appeal, he will miss the Kilkenny game, which will see Clare still seeking the first league points of their campaign. Among the many talking points from Sunday’s defeat was the omission, just prior to throw-in, of centre back Gerry Quinn.
