Harte calls for end to ‘nonsense’ referee review procedures

MICKEY HARTE says the controversial rule whereby referees can be asked to review their handling of incidents after big games is “a nonsense” and should be scrapped.

Longford club Legan Sarsfields, home of recently retired referee John Bannon, will present a motion at their county convention calling for the rule to be binned.

Bannon was asked to review his handling of an incident between one of Harte’s Tyrone players, Brian McGuigan, and Cork’s John Miskella in the All-Ireland semi-final. In what was his last inter-county game, the experienced referee stood over his decision to merely book Miskella for an off-the-ball clash with McGuigan.