Rules must resolve penalty conundrum

Thankfully, among the gazillions of garlands deservedly being flung at the feet of Kilkenny and Tipperary, there are no coins of sympathy.

The more the draw is analysed, the more the result appears just. Tipperary were doubly unfortunate to be stymied by the new penalty interpretation as they were lucky to win the penalties, considering the fouls appeared to be committed outside the large parallelogram.

John O’Dwyer was as blessed to have been given the opportunity to win an All-Ireland final as Kilkenny were that his trojan effort skimmed wide. It seems, after all, that all is fair in war; that these men created their own sense of justice.