Brian Gavin: Conor Lane was desperately unlucky for the Eoghan McLaughlin incident
Eoghan McLaughlin of Mayo is stretchered off from the pitch following a head injury. Conor Lane had such little time to assess what had happened but was wrong on two counts, says Brian Gavin. Picture: Seb Daly/Sportsfile
We're always told it’s a game of inches and that was as true for the Offaly U20 All-Ireland victory on Sunday as it was for Mayo’s famous win over Dublin the evening before.
Unfortunately for Saturday’s referee, Conor Lane, such measurements in milliseconds produced the All-Ireland semi-final’s biggest talking point.
