Martin Carney sticking by James O’Donoghue man-of-the-match decision

RTÉ GAA pundit Martin Carney has defended his decision to award Kerry’s James O’Donoghue the man of the match award in Saturday’s Munster SFC final replay victory over Cork.

Carney’s decision to opt for O’Donoghue, who was restricted to a point by Cork’s James Loughrey, provoked a massive backlash on social media while two of Carney’s RTÉ colleagues also questioned the decision.

“Martin Carney was watching a different game,” tweeted Joe Brolly, with Dessie Dolan commenting: “James will be looking at that crystal saying ‘I got that handy.’”