John Bannon: Johnny Coen should have seen red

Kilkenny were not happy with James Owens’ interpretation of an aggressive foul on a number of occasions in the first half.

In the 22nd and 23rd minutes, they claimed they had a player fouled but instead Eoin Larkin was whistled for over-carrying each time with Jason Flynn converting both frees.

In the second half, Galway felt the same in the 37th and 56th minutes when they were penalised for taking too much out of the ball. It seems when you were surrounded by three or four players and unable to play the ball the free was awarded against you.