Déise selector Queally hails ref Kirwan’s use of advantage rule

WATERFORD selector Peter Queally paid tribute yesterday to referee Diarmuid Kirwan’s use of the advantage rule in the dramatic conclusion to Sunday’s All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-final.

When Waterford sub Dan Shanahan rounded Galway’s Eugene McEntee late in the game the defender clearly pulled his opponent back, but Kirwan gave Shanahan the advantage, and the 2007 Hurler of the Year placed Shane Walsh for the game’s crucial goal.

“It was a very good piece of refereeing,” said Queally yesterday, “Diarmuid gave Dan the benefit of the doubt for a couple of seconds and it turned the game.”