Card loophole exposed

Eamonn Fitzmaurice has warned more coaches will encourage players to fall to ground to earn opponents black cards.

The Kerry manager saw his county’s National League total of black cards jump from one to three yesterday after Shane Enright (trip) and Mark Griffin (pull down) were shown to the line.

Griffin wasn’t replaced as Kerry had made their six substitutes and there would appear to be grounds for an appeal against the decision as Griffin didn’t pull Alan Freeman to the ground.