Seamus Durack calls for clarity on penalties

The longest-standing proponent of the one v one penalty in hurling insists it should only be awarded if a referee adjudges a foul has denied a certain goal.

Ahead of its major debut in Sunday’s Division 1 semi-final double-header since being introduced last Saturday, former Clare keeper Seamus Durack is delighted the new penalty has been made safer while giving an improved opportunity to the taker to score a goal.

However, he has called on referees to be more careful in awarding penalties considering they are now more lucrative. “There will be more goals scored but there will probably be more resilience towards giving an easy penalty. They can’t be giving penalties for half-baked tackles. The penalty should only be given on the basis of it being nearly a certain score.