Refs face undue pressures

This past week, we had managers ahead of an All-Ireland final and semi-final telling match officials how to ref games. It’s an approach I hope is discontinued.

It’s a tactic used by managers to put pressure on referees to look out for what they feel are their issues.

Mayo manager James Horan gave prominence to the idea that Joe McQuillan had been refereeing Dublin’s internal games. On Saturday, national referees committee chairman Pat McEnaney clarified that he hadn’t take charge of one of their A v B games in the last two years.