Cats silent on McGrath’s replay appointment

Kilkenny last night refused to comment on the appointment of Westmeath’s James McGrath for Sunday week’s All-Ireland SHC final against Galway.

County secretary Ned Quinn declined to react to the news that McGrath, the stand-by match official and linesman in the first game, will take charge of the September 30 rematch.

However, privately there is a level of disquiet in Kilkenny that McGrath, who refereed the Leinster final between the counties in July, will be the man in the middle.