Stephen Rochford hopes referee allows Mayo ‘big calls’

Stephen Rochford says he hopes Mayo don’t lose out on the “big calls” against Dublin, as he claims they did in last year’s All-Ireland final replay.

As Mayo and Dublin await the appointment of the referee, Rochford said at last night’s All-Ireland final press briefing in Breaffy that Mayo didn’t get the rub of the green from Maurice Deegan last October.

“Look, some calls went against us that I think definitely shaped that game. Maurice Deegan came out afterwards to say that he missed the blatant hand trip with John Small [on Andy Moran], which had an effect on Dublin being able to still use a substitute when Cian O’Sullivan pulled his hamstring with six, seven minutes to go. It would have been interesting to see would their bench have been able to replace [him] in a game of such tight margins. They’re big calls.