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Published 08:55 15 May 2018 BST
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But, as it stands, O'Connor could serve just a one-match ban for the unsavoury incident in Castlebar on Sunday.
On The GAA Hour, Colm Parkinson labelled the challenge disgraceful.
"That was a filthy, filthy challenge. With Conroy's hands down, he nearly took his head off with an elbow," Wooly said. "That's disgraceful. "You could've broken his jaw and had him out of work. That's not good enough."And, whilst Meath man Cian Ward tried to look at it from all angles, he reasoned that O'Connor should be hit with a bigger ban than one match.
"What he did was totally over the top in terms of aggression. To be honest, that tackle was so dangerous, he should get a three-month ban. He really should," Ward said. "If you put yourself in the perspective of a tackler and you come in and put your hands out to try and tackle the ball and then a guy just loafs you with an elbow, you're totally unprotected. "I would've had sympathy for Diarmuid O'Connor - he was after being fouled and he saw Conroy coming in at pace, if he had just stuck his arm up, like a forearm to protect himself and Conroy runs on into it, then you can just say there was no malicious intent. But what he did was he really swung the elbow and he followed through very heavily - with the elbow, not just getting the arm up or sticking the hand out."Listen to the full debate below.
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