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Glen boss plays down prospect of an appeal over extra Crokes player

Glen manager Malachy O'Rourke played down the prospect of any potential appeal against the result of his side’s AIB All-Ireland club final defeat Kilmacud Crokes, who appeared to have an extra player on the pitch for a period of injury time.

Crokes ran out 1-11 to 1-09 winners in a thrilling game but not without controversy as the Dublin side made two late substitutions, bringing on Tom Fox and Conor Casey for Paul Mannion and Dara Mullin, with Mullin appearing to have stayed on the pitch.

The changes were made as Glen prepared to take a last-gasp 45’ but Mullin was present on the field for that passage of play.

Speaking after the match, O’Rourke revealed that he was aware of the incident at the time and had spoken to a match official, requesting that the '45’ be retaken with the proper number of players on the pitch.

"Yeah, obviously we can do nothing about that but it obviously does make a difference," he said after the game.

"The more men they have in there, the harder it is for us to get a score out of it.

"I think we did ask the fourth official to get the free retaken but it didn’t happen."

When asked if Glen would be prepared to lodge any objections against the outcome based on the extra player, O’Rourke insisted that his side will "accept we got beat on the day".

"I can’t speak for the club or anything else but I don’t think that’s how the club operates," he said. "We had our chances, we gave it our best shot.

"Look, that shouldn’t happen. I can’t speak for the club but I just think we’ll accept we got beat on the day."

The Glen boss admitted that defeat was "heartbreaking" and after racing into an early 1-03 to 0-01, he conceded that his side convert enough of the chances they created.

"You never like using 'devastation'

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