Referee remarks could land Cork Board in trouble

The Cork County Board could find itself in hot water with Croke Park after claiming a refereeing decision "quite probably" cost them a Munster title and a place in the All-Ireland semi-finals.

In a statement released yesterday, the executive defended outgoing Brian Cuthbert in the wake of “regular, unjustified and personalised abusive criticism from certain elements of the media”.

They also made a number of serious claims including criticism of referee Pádraig Hughes for awarding Kerry a penalty in the drawn Munster final on July 5 as well as indicating Cork would have won their All-Ireland quarter-final had they beaten Kerry.