New rules back in spotlight

REFEREES chief Mick Curley has admitted the new rule change in relation to incidents dealt with by the match officials is open to inconsistencies.

After Kieran Donaghy escaped with only a yellow card from referee David Coldrick after kicking out at Noel O’Leary in Sunday’s Munster SFC final, the rule has come further under the spotlight.

The change, which came into force at the start of the championship after being carried in an amended Longford motion at April’s Congress, dictates that any foul play dealt with by the referee is no longer open to retrospective scrutiny from the Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC).