ICYMI: 'He absolutely ruined the game' - War breaks out between Kilkenny and Tipperary

Mikey Carey is shown a red card by referee Sean Stack during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A match between Kilkenny and Tipperary at UPMC Nowlan Park . Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

placeholder image — Mikey Carey is shown a red card by referee Sean Stack during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1A match between Kilkenny and Tipperary at UPMC Nowlan Park . Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

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Ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final between Kilkenny and Tipperary, take a short trip back in time to the league meeting earlier this year where David Blanchfield (Straight Red), Mikey Carey (Straight Red) and Jordan Molloy all received their marching orders in a 10 minute second half spell of madness. - MATCH REPORT HERE

Will Sunday's match be as feisty? Well, the UPMC Nowlan Park meeting in the spring had former Kilkenny captain Andy Comerford furious.

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"He (the referee) absolutely ruined the game," the former O'Loughlin Gaels manager and player told CRKC after the match.

"The referee did not need to send any player off, I did not see maliciousness in any of the tackles and to send players off who are training hard and giving up their lives for it (hurling) is very very disappointing," Comerford remarked.

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"Flip back nine months, we were there or thereabouts," the ex-Kilkenny captain commented, adding, "today is not the bar, today is the not the date. The date is probably coming to the latter of stages of the Leinster Championship."

"It's going to be uphill but if we can get our full compliment of players back, we can take a lot from it and we can build going forward," he continued.