Royals take up defence of Reilly

Meath GAA chiefs have jumped to the defence of referee Cormac Reilly following criticism of his handling of Saturday’s semi-final replay between Kerry and Mayo.

Reilly was criticised in the media but it was Kevin McStay’s critical analysis of a number of incidents during the game that angered Meath PRO Martin O’Halloran at a county board meeting on Monday night.

“’Maybe he had another agenda,” O’Halloran suggested.