Reilly’s officiating lacked consistency

Every referee has his own style and interpretation but the first duty in the GAA’s Official Guide is to control the game in accordance with the playing rules.

From the second minute on Saturday, I’m afraid Cormac Reilly didn’t do that.

In one passage of play, Barry Moran and Kevin McLoughlin were fouled without a free being awarded. It was only when McLoughlin was fouled a second time Reilly acknowledged a foul had been committed.