Kieran Shannon: Thurles epic deserved better ending than referee playing God

For 62 and a half minutes, the Munster final was a credit to everyone involved.

Gaelic football's new rules are made for a player like Steven Sherlock. Pic: ©INPHO/James Lawlor

That was no way to decide the best game of football that Semple Stadium has ever hosted.

There’s a couple of claims in that so we’ll start with the latter.