Murphy penalty the clincher for Donegal

NOT for the first time, a controversial refereeing decision played an inordinately prominent part in deciding the outcome of a game in Croke Park but, this being the second tier of the league, no-one got too hot and bothered about it all.

Murphy penalty  the   clincher  for Donegal

When Marty Duffy blew his whistle for the last time, the Donegal boys didn’t sink to the turf in knee-bending joy. Neither did their Laois counterparts succumb to gravity after the latest example of sport’s unending appetite for the controversial.

Hey, it is still April after all.

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