Seamus O’Shea: Referees not to blame for Mayo’s losses

Seamus O’Shea admits he baulks when he hears people blame referees for Mayo’s 2014 and ’15 All-Ireland semi-final replay defeats.

In an interview carried in the Irish Examiner’s Allianz Leagues preview supplement tomorrow, the midfielder dismisses the notion that officials Cormac Reilly and Eddie Kinsella played a part in the county’s downfall in the Gaelic Grounds and Croke Park games.

Reilly was criticised for his handling of Mayo’s loss to Kerry in Limerick two years ago, while Kinsella black-carded O’Shea for an incident involving Jonny Cooper that appeared a yellow card offence.