Post-match ref acrimony mars narrow NUIG victory

There were disgraceful scenes at the end of a Sigerson Cup match in Galway yesterday after a referee was accosted before a mob of angry players raced to his dressing room and tried to confront him.

Westmeath referee Sean Carroll and some of his officials were surrounded by players from St Mary’s College — a teacher training college in Belfast.

St Mary’s had a chance to level the match with a last gasp 45 from their goalkeeper Niall Morgan in the second minute of stoppage time, but the kick was short and the full-time whistle sounded with St Mary’s in possession and poised for an equaliser.