{"id":10506,"date":"2022-05-31T05:46:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T05:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10506"},"modified":"2022-05-31T05:46:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T05:46:25","slug":"andy-mcentee-claims-meath-player-was-spat-on-in-the-face-during-defeat-to-kildare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=10506","title":{"rendered":"Andy McEntee claims Meath player was ‘spat on in the face’ during defeat to Kildare"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEATH BOSS ANDY McEntee says full-back Conor McGill was spat on by a Kildare player in the incident that sparked a full-scale brawl at the end of their Division 2 semi-final defeat.<\/p>\n

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The Royals were left counting the cost of defeat after an ankle injury to Brian Menton and shoulder problem for Donal Keogan forced both men off the field during the fast-paced and hard-hitting encounter.<\/p>\n

Things got worse in the closing stages when a melee kicked-off in front of the Meath bench that saw McGill and substitute Brian Conlon sent-off for striking offences. They\u2019re likely to be suspended for the beginning of their Leinster campaign as a result.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t talk to me about the sending off,\u201d said McEntee after the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a player who got spat on in the face and he ends up getting sent off so I mean\u2026how many players were involved in that? A) how many players were involved in it, and B) who started it? And what was the outcome?<\/p>\n

\u201cConor McGill is not a fighter. Somebody spits in your face, what are you going to do?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n Conor McGill is sent off.<\/p>\n

Source: Lorraine O\u2019Sullivan\/INPHO<\/p>\n

The Royals also had Andy Colgan and Ethan Devine booked after the brawl involving almost every player on the field. Alex Beirne was the sole Kildare player to be disciplined with a yellow card.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems slightly imbalanced to me,\u201d remarked McEntee. \u201cBut obviously I\u2019m biased.\u201d<\/p>\n

He felt there would be no point appeal the red cards as their Leinster championship begins on 4 July against Carlow or Longford.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no appealing it, you\u2019re wasting your time appealing. That\u2019s always been my experience. If the referee says he struck, he struck.\u201d<\/p>\n

With just three weeks to go before their championship opener, both Keogan and Bryan Menton are injury doubts at this stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cKeogan [had] an AC joint [injury], maybe separation, that doesn\u2019t look good. Bryan Menton [hurt] ankle ligaments, so we\u2019ll assess them during the week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meath paid the price for a poor start to the game as they trailed by six points at half-time. \u00a0Six unanswered points at the finish brought them within three in stoppage-time, as Kildare needed Mark Donnellan to pull off a couple of important saves in the finale.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe weren\u2019t at the pitch of it all the first half I\u2019m afraid Kildare dictated the pace and physicality of the game, we weren\u2019t winning the contests, and the scoreboard probably reflected that, although we had a number of chances, we had four scores from 10 attempts I think.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see any particular reason for it, it was an important game,\u201d the Royals boss added. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be off by much in games like this, if you\u2019re off a little bit it shows. It looks like a lot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cKildare were certainly at championship physicality, unfortunately I don\u2019t think we matched them until it was probably too late, and even though we probably could have snatched something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Originally published at 16.51<\/em><\/p>\n

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