Brian Gavin: Rulemakers need to study direction hurling is going in

Overall, it was a satisfactory outing by Fergal and it was made easier because the result wasn’t in doubt from a good bit out
Brian Gavin: Rulemakers need to study direction hurling is going in

Referee Fergal Horgan throws in the ball between Darragh O'Donovan, left, and William O'Donoghue of Limerick and Kieran Bennett, left, and Jamie Barron of Waterford. Picture: Sportsfile

Huge congratulations to Limerick on that performance. It was one of the best we’ve seen in All-Ireland finals in modern-day hurling and they were just unstoppable. Few if any teams would have lived with them and for Waterford to keep up with them for even two-thirds of the game was some feat

As one-sided as things become, yellow cards or the lack thereof stood out. Five in total were shown but that seemed a low number considering some of the tactical fouling which was going on.

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