Kildare's Sarsfields head to Leinster after latest appeal fails

On and on we go and after two appeals Sarsfields GAA are now bringing their appeal to the Leinster Council, and it may not stop there.
Sarsfields were throw out of the Whitewater U23 football 'A' competition after they drew with Naas in the quarter-final nearly two weeks ago.
Extra time was due to be played but the match official, having been asked to re-instate the Sarsfields manager, who had been sent 'behind the wire' in the opening half, to be re-admit him, refused and was then approached by a top Sarsfields official insisting that as it was a new game, his manager, was entitled to be re-admitted.
At this point the referee walked away and said he was abandoning the game.
Sarsfields appealed the decision to the Hearings Commmittee who said the appeal should first be heard by the CCC, it was then, but rejected.
The Hearings Committee heard a second appeal on Sunday evening last in Hawkfield but decided to throw out the appeal again.
It is understood that Sarsfields will now bring their appeal to Leinster and if that is rejected could go even further.
An awful shame and unless some common ground is found the chances of the U23 'A' competition being finalised this side of Christmas looks remote.
The final should have been down for decision this weekend but instead the weekend is blank of senior fixtures with Maynooth who defeated Raheens in the first semi-final, waiting to see who their opponents will be; as are Clane who are due to meet the eventual winners of the Naas v Sarsfields.
Hard to see how this will be resolved until every avenue of appeal has been exhausted.
It is understood that the referees report cited 'abuse' something that Sarsfields vehemently deny, saying they simply enquired to have their manager reinstated to the sideline.
You might recall back in 2001 when Sarsfields (managed by John Courtney) played Na Fianna in the Leinster Club semi-final, a game won by Na Fianna who were later expelled having used more than the allotted number of substitutes.
However the Newbridge club offered to replay Na Fianna in St Conleth's Park, rather than take a walk-over, the offer was sanctioned by Leinster Council, the game went ahead and Na Fianna won (after extra time if memory serves me correct).
Is there a possibility something similar might break this deadlock without anyone losing face?
In fairness to Naas they have had no hand, act or part in what happened in the quarter-final but in order to get the competition completed, exploring the possibility of a replay might be one way out of the sorry mess.
If not, and unless the Sarsfields appeal is successful — which is no doubt unlikely in the present circumstances — but a replay would also ensure that the U23 'A' competition would not be a tainted victory — regardless of who the eventual winners are.
Just a thought!