Stephen O’Keeffe: Penalty favours the striker

Being Waterford’s last line of defence, Stephen O’Keeffe has a vested interest but he stresses the one-versus-one penalty is weighed in favour of the attacking player.

The conversion rate at inter-county level would suggest otherwise, However, Hurling 2020 chairman Liam Sheedy says the successes will increase in time and O’Keeffe knows from experience how successful the takers have been.

“I think there haven’t been a lot of penalties but I know for a fact we practice them in training and when the striker of the ball is confident eight out of 10 of those are going in.