Donegal's All-Ireland parade antics could land them in trouble
Having been resoundingly beaten and outplayed, many have already highlighted their outdated tactics and their poor defence of Kerry's two-point plays.
Some ridicule had already started when they broke off from the traditional parade procession and began their final preparations before throw-in. Michael Murphy dejected after the All-Ireland final. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
This was after they were slow to line up to greet President Michael D. Higgins and caused a delay to the parade. The Irish Examiner are reporting that a number of complaints were made about Jim McGuinness' side's antics before throw-in.
This wasn't too unexpected as in Jim McGuinness' previous All-Ireland finals in 2012 and 2014, his Donegal side did the exact same thing. Kerry boss Jack O'Connor mentioned that his side had talked about the expected shenanigans and how they would deal with it. The Kerry team march on their own during the parade. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile
'I'll tell you the truth now. We had enough no play to mind our own business, besides worrying about what Donegal were doing but we spoke about it on Thursday night, that regardless of what happened, we were going to finish the parade. That's what we did. I know Donegal broke a bit early, but sure that's their business. We can only deal with our side of it.'
However, this time they have appeared to have landed in hot water as they had a 16th man in their procession for the parade. Their captain was Patrick McBrearty and he was a substitute on the day.
McBrearty led the starting 15 meaning they had 16 and violated rule 1.7 of the GAA's match regulations that state; 'The team captain shall lead the parade and only the 15 players commencing the game as per official team list may march in the parade, in team jerseys and numerical order.'
The punishment for this breach isn't known as of yet, but it could lead to a fine.
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