Brian Gavin: Seamus Flanagan hit would have been a red in most sports

Seamus Flanagan’s tackle on Stephen Bennett was a red card offence. It was late and dangerous and he may end up missing the next game against Clare as a result

TOUGH TACKLING: Conor Prunty of Waterford in action against Seamus Flanagan of Limerick during the Munster Championship round 1 match at FBD Semple Stadium in Thurles. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

First things first, it was unusual to see refereeing matters making the headlines away from games in the last couple of weeks. You could fill a column on those topics alone as you could on the match in Thurles on Sunday given so much happened in it.

Limerick will be thankful for coming away with the win as they might be to finish the game with 14 men when they could have lost two more. Seamus Flanagan’s tackle on Stephen Bennett was a red card offence and it didn’t seem Liam Gordon dealt with it at the time.