Ryan stands by his players

PLENTY of talking points from Jason Ryan but Joe McQuillan’s call not to give Ciarán Lyng a penalty when he was fouled so close to the parallelogram by Michael Fitzsimons topped them all.

“We thought it was (a penalty) from the angle I was looking at it but I’m sure it will be pointed out fairly clearly on TV whether it was or it wasn’t,” he said.

“I thought Joe made some excellent decisions in the game and I’d have no real qualms with it. He’s an excellent referee.