O’Grady unhappy with ref’s decisions

CORK coach Donal O’Grady was furious with referee Sean McMahon, at the conclusion of yesterday’s thrilling Munster final, blasting his decision not to award a late free Jonathon O’Callaghan which could have saved the game for Cork.

“Jonathan was blatantly pulled back right in front of me as he tried to get away but the referee ignored the obvious free,” said a dejected O’Grady.

“Shortly after that he penalised Kieran Murphy for absolutely nothing and awarded Waterford a free out. In a tight game, those kind of decisions can cost you the game; we were under pressure looking for scores at that point but both of those decisions are difficult to fathom.”