Munster hurling officials caught in vicious circle
Alain Rolland, Alan Kelly, Barry Kelly and David Coldrick were the officials followed by the cameras and each of them gave a terrific insight into the stresses and rewards of wearing black, metaphorically speaking, on big match day.
A throwaway line of Kelly’s tinkled in the ear: he recalled his early days officiating — teams on an A4 sheet was the killer detail — and the hurling snobbery that looked askance at a Westmeath referee handling big games.
