Former Galway star Joe Canning says Tony Kelly “was very lucky” to stay on the field for Clare in their Allianz Hurling League victory Limerick at the weekend.

The All-Ireland champions got their first points of the Division 1B campaign by edging out the Treaty men 1-21 to 0-21, with their talisman Kelly contributing 0-3 to their tally.

However, he could’ve been sent off before half-time appeared to go through the faceguard of opponents Adam English and cut the Limerick midfielder.

Referee Thomas Walsh gave the Ballyea man a yellow card for the incident and, speaking on Allianz League Sunday, said that he was fortunate not to receive his marching orders from the Waterford official.

"Tony Kelly was very lucky. As he said himself afterwards, on another day he might have went,” said the 2017 All-Ireland winner.

"Unfortunately, Adam English had to go off with a blood sub. Tony wasn’t going to injure him that way or anything like that."

While one red card was shown, could there have been more given out in the Clare-Limerick match?

Joe Canning scrutinises some of the main flashpoints

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