Referee Collins admits O'Neill red card gaffe

CORK referee Michael Collins has admitted he made a mistake in sending off Tyrone's Stephen O'Neill in Saturday's ill-tempered Ulster SFC Final at Croke Park.

Collins issued a yellow card to O'Neill on 61 minutes for a late shoulder on Andy Mallon. However he then flashed a red card, indicating it was the attacker's second booking.

But on revision of his notes after the match, the Clonakilty official discovered he had not issued an earlier yellow to O'Neill.