Fogarty Forum: If players want replays, the GAA should bring them back

By not having a Munster SHC final replay, €1m was left on the table this year, but the money argument shouldn’t be the motivating factor for a second day.

Penalty shootouts are a flawed way to decide matches. Asking the players who have experienced them if they want to keep them would be a start. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile

Funny how things work out almost as if planned.

Four months ago, Cork GAA chief executive Kevin O’Donovan stood up at Annual Congress in Donegal and said his county were in favour of replays applying to All-Ireland finals after 70 minutes but not provincial finals following extra-time.