Standard of refereeing threatens hurling - McCarthy

TWENTY-FOUR hours on from Sunday’s dramatic Munster hurling semi-final draw, the Waterford and Limerick managers were both philosophical about the refereeing in the game.

More interesting, while Justin McCarthy raised questions about the experience of Carlow official Pat Aherne, he admitted to having a greater concern about the general standard of refereeing in hurling, fearing that it could be detrimental to the game in the short term.

"The standard over the past year or two hasn't been great. I think the standard in football is away better,'' he commented. "There are a lot of technical things in hurling that they are too fussy about. Whether they can keep up with the play or not I don't know, but some of them don't seem to be au fait with it.