Keher and McEnaney have ‘yellow’ issues

Kilkenny legend Eddie Keher and referees chief Pat McEnaney have taken issue with the Hurling 2020 committee’s proposal to make a second yellow card an automatic substitution offence — but for different reasons.

Both are largely supportive of the report released yesterday but Keher believes the measure falls short in not eradicating cards completely from the game. He fears a referee will find it easier to send off a player for two yellow card offences as he will be replaced by a colleague.

McEnaney, who also takes exception to the group’s call for a separate national hurling refereeing body, emphatically opposes the idea of teams being allowed to replace a player who has picked up two yellow cards.