Gregory McCartan had a personal hearing at Croke Park

Gregory McCartan will miss Sunday's Ulster Championship Final replay against Tyrone after his appeal against a one-month ban was rejected.

The Down midfielder attended a personal hearing with GAA's disciplinary chiefs at Croke Park on Wednesday evening.

McCartan was appealing against his sending-off in the drawn Ulster final against Tyrone in the hope he will be allowed to play in Sunday's replay.

However, the GAA's Games Administration Committee upheld referee Aidan Mangan's decision to send off the midfielder.

That decision means McCartan could miss up to three Championship games which would also include a possible qualifier against Donegal and an All-Ireland Quarter-Final.

McCartan threw the ball at Brian McGuigan in retaliation for being tripped by the Tyrone man.

Referee Aidan Mangan produced the red card and later confirmed he had deemed McCartan's action as dangerous play.

Mourne officials had contended that McCartan's petulant action was not dangerous.

The Mournemen received backing from Tyrone manager Mickey Harte but this cut no ice with the GAC.

Dominic Corrigan: Escaped with a warning

Meanwhile, Fermanagh manager Dominic Corrigan escaped with a warning when he appeared before the GAC to answer a charge that he flouted a sideline ban.

Corrigan was banned from the dugout for Fermanagh's Ulster Football Semi-Final against Down.

However, there was a suggestion that Corrigan broke the terms of the ban in attempting to relay instructions to his bench.

During the Ulster semi-final, the Fermanagh boss was spotted banging on the back of the dugout in an effort to attract attention.

In the days after the match, Corrigan claimed that he had been forced to leave his seat in the stands because of verbal abuse.

The news means that Corrigan will be able to watch Saturday's qualifier against Mayo from the dugout.

Kildare have left a vacancy at half-back in the hope that Anthony Rainbow will be fit for Sunday's Leinster Football Final against Laois.

The Kildare captain sustained a leg injury in training last week.

If Rainbow is fit to start, Kildare will be unchanged from the team which defeated Meath.

O'Gorman returns

Laois are unchanged from the side which surprised Dublin in the provincial semi-final.

Meanwhile, both Wexford and Waterford have rung the changes for Saturday's All-Ireland hurling qualifier at Nowlan Park.

Larry O'Gorman returns to the Wexford team in a side that shows four changes from the side beaten by Kilkenny in the Leinster final.

O'Gorman is named at midfield while Darren Stamp moves to wing-back with Keith Rossiter losing out.

David Guiney comes in at corner-back in place of Colm Kehoe while Michael Jacob and Chris McGrath come in for Michael Jordan and Donal Berry in the attack.

Eoin Kelly, Andy Moloney and Eoin McGrath are out of the Waterford line-up and will be replaced by Seamus Prendergast, Dan Shanahan and Peter Queally.

Meanwhile, 1-9 from Paul Braniff helped Down defeat Antrim 4-14 to 3-8 in the Ulster U21 Hurling Championship at Ballycran on Wednesday evening.

Wexford: D Fitzhenry; D Guiney, D Ryan, D O'Connor; D Stamp, D Ruth, L Dunne; L O'Gorman, R McCarthy; B Lambert, A Fenlon, M Jacob; C McGrath, P Codd, R Jacob.

Waterford: S Brenner; D Prendergast, T Feeney, J Murray; B Greene, F Hartley, E Murphy; T Browne, P Queally; D Bennett, S Prendergast, K McGrath; J Mullane, D Shanahan, P Flynn.

Kildare: E Murphy; B Lacey, D Lyons, A McLoughlin; AN Other, M Wright, K Ennis; A Barry, K Brennan; P Murray, J Doyle, R Sweeney; D McCormack, S McKenzie Smyth, T Fennin.

Laois: F Byron; A Fennelly, C Byrne, J Higgins; D Rooney, T Kelly, K Fitzpatrick; P Clancy, N Garvan; R Munnelly, M Lawlor, G Kavanagh; B McDonald, I Fitzgerald, D Delaney.