Inside Track with John McIntyre

From the outside looking in, a cloud hangs over Loughrea’s preparations for Sunday’s All-Ireland Club hurling final against Ballygunner at Croke Park. No matter how much the club tries to shield players and management, it’s impossible to block the speculation over Cullen Killeen’s awful predicament.

Harshly dismissed in the dying embers of the Galway champions’ big semi-final win over Slaughtneil at Parnell Park, the odds remain against the teenage midfielder lining out against Ballygunner, especially as his initial appeal against a one-match ban was dismissed by the Central Hearings Committee last Thursday.

Killeen........

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