The Higher Education Council are waiting on the referee's report after ugly scenes followed the Sigerson Cup game between NUIG and St Mary’s yesterday in Dangan.
NUIG won by 0-06 to 0-05 in a tight encounter but the full-time whistle sparked huge anger directed at the referee.
St Mary’s had the chance to equalise in the dying minutes when goalkeeper Niall Morgan came forward for a 45.
The kick dropped short and referee Sean Carroll blew for full-time.
The St Mary’s players appealed that there was 30 seconds remaining.
Journalist John Fallon told Morning Ireland what he witnessed after the game: "Immediately the referee and two of his umpires were surrounded by players and confronted. The verbals were quite liberal to put it mildly. They were just jostled going off the pitch. Unsavoury as it was, it died down as other players and officials got involved to calm matters."
The referee and his officials, along with a couple of hundred supporters, then made their way to the clubhouse.
Fallon added: "That seemed to be the end of it. But the St Mary’s players were grouped together and led by one player who said ‘hang on, we’ve put so much into this, lets get him’.
"With that he grabbed a couple of players and took off in the direction of the referee.
"Several players from St Mary’s said come back and went after him to calm the scenario. But you had supporters leaving the ground through a narrow laneway and suddenly a posse of players running at a speed as if they were going out on the pitch.
"Thankfully the referee and his officials had got to the clubhouse at that stage. There was a nasty incident at the entrance with six or seven players trying to gain entry.
"There was an awful lot of abuse directed at the referee and with the arrival of some other players and officials and the inability to get into the referees dressing-room, it subsided.
"But for those few moments it was particularly nasty. I think anyone that seen it realises that had this group of players reached the referee while he was making his way (to the clubhouse), which was crowded with supporters, I think that is where the incident could have been infinitely more serious."
