Good to see penalty guidelines enforced

The Clare sideline were extremely agitated an annoyed by some of James McGrath’s first-half decisions at Semple Stadium yesterday.

In the 19th minute, McGrath blew Donal Tuohy for charging. A correct decision but then in the 38th minute Bill Cooper did the same to Brendan Bugler and Cork were handed the free.

That was inconsistent but it doesn’t take away from the trend that when teams are giving away more frees than their opponents, they are usually fouling more.