Brian Gavin: Advantage rule, not the sin bin, the main talking point on opening weekend

The average amount of frees in a game would be around 25 to 30. On Saturday, the number in Mullingar was 38 and 34 in Limerick

Liam Gordan missed a blatant sin bin in Belfast when Aron Shanagher was pulled down by Ger Walsh, which would likely have had a major impact on the outcome of the game, says Brian Gavin

After just one weekend, I’m not going to claim the sin bin is a lot of fuss about nothing but it was the advantage rule that was the main talking point.

Across the six Division 1 games, there was only one sin bin shown to Laois’ Lee Cleere for a foul on Wexford forward Rory O’Connor and it was the right call by Thomas Walsh. Unfortunately, Liam Gordan missed a blatant one in Belfast when Aron Shanagher was pulled down by Ger Walsh, which would likely have had a major impact on the outcome of the game.