Video screen official thought it was wide too

The official in charge of replays on Croke Park’s big screens has admitted he only re-showed Eoghan O’Gara’s point for Dublin on Sunday because he believed it was a wide.

Tom Fitzpatrick, a former member of the GAA’s national referees’ committee, made the call to replay the incident after deeming Marty Duffy’s umpire was right to wave the shot wide.

However, following the replay which prompted Dublin’s supporters to jeer and whistle, linesman Maurice Deegan informed Duffy the ball had in fact gone between the Meath posts and Duffy awarded it.