Loughmore-Castleiney manager Frankie McGrath was incensed by the dismissals of Tipperary stars Noel and John McGrath during his side's Munster club SHC semi-final defeat to Ballygunner.

The Tipp champions finished with thirteen men, as Noel McGrath received a straight red card on 24 minutes for a clash with Ballygunner's Paddy Leavy off-the-ball. His brother John also got his marching orders on a second yellow card in the closing stages when Loughmore had a penalty appeal turned down by referee Johnny Murphy.

A 2-11 to 0-12 defeat at Fraher Field this afternoon brought to an end Loughmore's incredible championship season which saw them claim county senior titles in both codes.

"My first thoughts is will people have a little look at the video and see what’s there?," McGrath said afterwards.

“We had two incredible hurlers ended up in the stands. Somebody would want to stand back and have a little look at it. Two guys that have incredible discipline records."

The manager added: "But given the two characters involved, I’d be pretty sure somebody got something wrong somewhere. Sure what happened prior to Noel’s sending-off? It’s the incident before it. I mean somebody put a hurley into Noel’s helmet like. You were all near enough, we all heard it. And that’s not an event at all so it’s not?"

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