Robbie Kiely aiming to banish black memories of Croke Park

Robbie Kiely smiles and notes how this evening’s Allianz Football League Division 3 final marks a return to “the scene of the crime.”

The Tipperary defenders’s 2016 All-Ireland senior football semi-final lasted less than nine minutes, when he was dismissed by referee David Coldrick on a black card, following a tangle with Mayo’s Diarmuid O’Connor. Kiely is still frustrated by the decision.

“Looking back, there weren’t too many angles of it. I might have a biased view on it but from looking at the TV repeats, it looked like it was just a tangle of legs. It’s hard to describe, the ref is f****d if he does and f****d if he doesn’t. There are always going to be questions about this rule. It’s down to interpretation at the minute.”