Waterford manager Derek McGrath has expressed his disappointment at losing Conor Gleeson for next month's All-Ireland SHC final.

Gleeson lost his appeal against the red card he received in the semi-final victory over Cork at last night's meeting of the Central Hearings Committee, with McGrath stating that the disciplinary hearing was a "fair" one.

Waterford have opted not to pursue their midfielder's appeal any further, meaning that the Fourmilewater man will miss his county's clash with Galway at Croke Park on Sunday week.

"Conor will be a massive loss to us, a key defender for us who has been performing man-marking tasks for the last three games really admirably," McGrath told RTE Sport.

"I'm gutted for him and his family. We've decided, i.e. ourselves, Conor and his family not to pursue it any further.

"Our angle of approach was to maybe have the red down downgraded to yellow. Unfortunately it wasn't successful.

"We've accepted the findings of the hearing committee and we move on."

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