You are the ref: John Bannon

More often than not, the tone for refereeing in the Championship is set in the first couple of weekends.

In previous years, problems were encountered in the opening games in May but what we’ve seen over the last two Sundays have been generally positive.

I was at Dr Cullen Park yesterday for Meath’s victory over Wicklow and saw Padraig Hughes put in a great performance over the course of 80 minutes — the regular 70 plus injury-time.