Both sides should be commended for attempting to play a game on a most uncooperative surface, while questions need to be asked why referee Alan Kelly put them in such a position.
The decision to allow this game to take place on a virtually unplayable Fraher Field pitch made fools of the hurlers’ honest endeavours.
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