What an unbelievably good Munster final that was yesterday and what a huge honour it would have been for John Keenan to be a part of such a classic

The problem here once again is consistency. How can you expect hurling to develop and counties to perform to the best when one referee is saying yes and the other no

Two weeks after he was whistled for taking too long over a late free, there might have been a sense of poetic justice about Conor Cooney claiming the two points in Salthill yesterday

You know the crowds are back in the championship when referees are being put under pressure by the home support.

From the word go, it was clear that Joe was going to be up to the task of keeping order in the All-Ireland final and had his house in order.

Kerry and Croke Park played to Tyrone's tune because it seemed they had little choice but to, although this game really should have gone ahead last week

Earlier this year the advantage rule was changed and what Fergal was doing contradicted it. If more referees take these matters into their own hands, there is going to be confusion

Unfortunately for Saturday’s referee, Conor Lane, such measurements in milliseconds produced the All-Ireland semi-final’s biggest talking point.

Apart from one or two things, John Keenan had close to the perfect game on Saturday.

Saturday provided another example of how a referee can be riding high for so long in a game only to be brought crashing down to earth by a split-second decision.