Peter Canavan would be 'very surprised' if GAA order club football final replay between Glen and Kilmacud Crokes

Peter Canavan does not expect the All-Ireland senior club football final to be replayed and was surprised that Glen lodged an objection following their defeat to Kilmacud Crokes last Sunday.

The Dublin and Leinster champions won by two points on the day but it emerged afterwards that they had had 16 men on the field for a 45 in the closing seconds.

Derry kingpins Glen submitted an objection on Tuesday night, after saying that the GAA had informed them the Central Competitions Control Committee would not independently review the incident. The rule governing having more than 15 players on the field [6.44] provides for penalties which include the awarding of the game to the opposing team, for the game to be replayed, or a fine.

"I would be very surprised if there is a replay," former Tyrone star Canavan told the RTÉ GAA podcast.

"Kilmacud will put in a counter-objection and claim that they have done nothing wrong. Even though it was clear that they had an extra player on the pitch, they will say that their sub was given the go-ahead to go in and that the referee didn't allow time to get the other player off the pitch. There are going to be hearings and appeals.

"It was a road I was surprised that they [Glen] did take. Malachy O 'Rourke, after the game, he knew that they were wronged and he wasn't happy about it but his initial reaction was ‘That’s it, there’s going to be nothing we’ll do about it, it’s not Glen’s way of doing things’.

"But I would say a number of people within the club, and a lot of neutral observers were encouraging Glen to go down this road.

"It's an unfortunate set of circumstances, I don’t think there are going to be any winners out of it."

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