Cost the inhibiting factor to HawkEye at Clones

The “massive costs” associated with HawkEye is the primary deterrent to the installation of the score detection system at Clones, according to Ulster Council chairman Martin McAviney.

Donegal failed in their bid to string back-to-back Ulster football titles on Sunday, and were left to rue a late Paddy McBrearty miss at St Tiernach’s Park.

Trailing 0-11 to 0-10 as the clock spilled into the third minute of second-half stoppages, McBrearty launched an equalising effort 35-metres from goal. The umpire would wave wide the Donegal forward’s kick and while there were no protests from Rory Gallagher’s players, Monaghan’s Vinny Corey speculated after the game that the ball had in fact crept inside the right post.