Mikey Carey, Peter Duggan and Alan Tynan have all failed in hearings against the red cards they were shown in last weekend's Allianz Hurling League games.
Tynan and Carey were among four players dismissed during Tipperary's win against Kilkenny at Nowlan Park, the former for a high shoulder on Cian Kenny and the Kilkenny man for retaliating against Darragh McCarthy.
Carey's Cats team-mates David Blanchfield (striking on Andrew Ormond) and Jordan Molloy (second yellow for catching Eoghan Connolly with the hurl on the helmet) were also shown the line. Blanchfield opted not to seek a hearing.
Blanchfield and Carey, unless the latter takes his case to the Central Appeals Committee, will be suspended for tomorrow's rescheduled fixture with Limerick, and Tynan will miss Tipp's final game against Clare on Saturday week.
Jackie Tyrrell and Liam Sheedy assess the four red cards shown in Tipperary's victory over Kilkenny today 📺 Watch Allianz League Sunday on @RTE2 and @RTEPlayer now #AllianzLeagues #GAA pic.twitter.com/Rs6mHIGVPY
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Clare's Duggan was sent off for an arm around the neck of Brion Saunderson, which divided Allianz League Sunday panellists Liam Sheedy and Jackie Tyrrell, while his team-mate David Fitzgerald saw red for flicking the hurl into the groin of Cormac O'Brien, who was also dismissed - apparently harshly - but has not yet opted not to appeal.
The Clare pair will miss the Tipperary match and O'Brien the Rebels' game against Galway, also on 22 March.
Banner boss Brian Lohan seethed after what he saw as an unannounced clampdown by referees last weekend, saying: "I think that game was refereed differently to anything we've seen so far.
"The word I'm getting is that there was a big meeting with the referees during the week and they laid down the law, but nobody told us and nobody told the players. To get all this information second-hand or third-hand and have two players sent off as a result of it, it is just not good enough."
Jackie Tyrrell and Liam Sheedy disagree on whether Peter Duggan should have been sent off against Cork but agree managers should be informed if hurling is going to be refereed more strictly 📺 Watch Allianz League Sunday on @RTE2 and @RTEPlayer now #AllianzLeagues #GAA pic.twitter.com/ebKQ8kpd9j
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Sheedy and Tyrrell both suggested that the GAA should share their instructions for referees, such as to have zero tolerance for challenges to the head, with managers, so that they prepare their players accordingly.
