McEntee credits McEnaney with making football ‘more manly again’

Former Armagh star John McEntee has praised referees chief Pat McEnaney for making the game “a bit more manly again”.

The 2002 All-Ireland winner, twin brother of Crossmaglen manager Tony, believes the National Referees Association chairman McEnaney has been pivotal in match officials adopting a more common sense approach in this year’s All-Ireland SFC.

“I think there was a stage there where you nearly couldn’t tackle, people were afraid to tackle. The whole definition of what a tackle was being eroded. Nobody really knew what you could or couldn’t do.