Tomás Quinn: All-Stars bring Stephen Rochford's replay call back into focus

Every year when the All-Stars are announced, there are a couple of positions people look to straight away as they know they’ll be the contentious ones. This year you can go straight to number one.
Tomás Quinn: All-Stars bring Stephen Rochford's replay call back into focus

Stephen Rochford & Co’s decision to start Rob Hennelly will be long debated in Mayo, but now the added element of David Clarke being the All-Star keeper adds further questions to their choice.

A couple of misplaced kick outs at the end of the drawn final seem to be the reason for Clarke being dropped for the replay but not enough to cost him an All-Star. Stephen Cluxton had another exemplary year and likely loses out due to closing minutes of the first-half of the semi-final against Kerry, when the Kingdom turned over a number of his kick outs and reaped the rewards. Cluxton has set the bar so high in the last 10 years any small chink in performance is noticeable.

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