Curley blasts O’Rourke’s ref rant

THE GAA’s national referees committee (NRC) chairman Michael Curley has claimed The Sunday Game analysts are making misrepresentations of the rules of the game.

Curley expressed disappointment with remarks made by former Meath footballer Colm O’Rourke about referee Cormac Reilly’s performance in the Dublin’s Leinster SFC semi-final against Kildare on Sunday.

After a weekend in which referees were heavily criticised for some key decisions, Curley defended Reilly’s awarding of an injury-time free to Dublin, which turned out to be the winning score. He also said he would have whistled Andriú Mac Lochlainn for fouling Bernard Brogan.