McGill: Referees unfazed by any pre-match efforts to influence them

Referees are above and beyond any pre-match attempts by managers or selectors to influence them, according to Feargal McGill, the GAA’s director of games administration and player welfare.

Brian Cuthbert, Ronan McCarthy, Jason Ryan and Paul Grimley all made comments prior to last weekend’s games, which could easily be interpreted as efforts to influence match officials.

McGill is more than confident managers’ remarks about the behaviour of opposing teams and particular players falls on deaf ears with match officials.