LIMERICK star Seamus Flanagan “could be in hot water” for an off the ball incident in their draw against Cork.
The Treaty County were pegged back by the Rebels in a blockbuster Division 1A hurling league clash at SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday.
Seamus Flanagan appeared to strike Niall O’Leary with his hurl[/caption]
In fan footage captured during the game, Flanagan appeared to strike Cork defender Niall O’Leary with his hurl.
The incident was not captured by the TG4 cameras while the Feohanagh-Castlemahon man avoided punishment.
However, the fan footage circulated on social media, with Jackie Tyrrell and Joe Canning discussing it on The Sunday Game.
Galway legend Canning labelled it as something “you don’t like to see in any game”.
He said: “It shouldn’t be condoned in any game no matter who are.
“Now, there was an awful lot of stuff going on off the ball last night. There seemed to be wrestling going on every second.
“It’s very hard for referees to see everything that’s going. Stuff like that, you can’t condone that sort of stuff.
“It’s not good to see, but there’s loads of stuff that we don’t see that goes on that shouldn’t happen as well.”
Former Kilkenny defender Jackie Tyrrell echoed these sentiments and warned that Flanagan could be in hot water.
The four-time All Star said: “There’s no room in our game for that kind of carry-on.
“And unfortunately, me and Joe don’t want to be sitting up here highlighting that stuff.
“Seamus Flanagan is a very talented hurler, but he can’t be doing that on the field.
“What the umpires are doing, how they missed it, I don’t know, because it looks to be within their remits of what they should be doing.
“But look, he needs to be very, very careful and he could land himself in hot water.”
Saturday’s game was a rematch of the 2024 All-Ireland hurling semi-final which Limerick lost.
However, manager John Kiely insisted revenge was not on their minds on the day.
He said: “Everyone’s just very focused on the game that’s coming up, the performance, getting it right.
“If you’re thinking about what happened last year or the last day, your mind is in the wrong place.
“I think everybody was very focused on maximising their opportunity.
“You had a lot of players that were getting their opportunity – there were a lot of changes from the last time we met – so it was a good chance for lads to get game-time under their belts and they didn’t do too badly at all.”
