Malachy O’Rourke admits penalty call was harsh on Kerry

Malachy O’Rourke felt Shane Murphy made a clean, legitimate tackle on Niall Kearns despite his team being awarded a penalty, which Conor McManus slotted to the net.

O’Rourke admitted he didn’t see much wrong in what the Kerry goalkeeper did in denying the Monaghan midfielder a shot at goal.

Admiring Jack McCarron’s through ball into Kearns, O’Rourke said: “To be honest, it was a great move. I thought the goalkeeper touched the ball and hit the ball away. Of course, I wasn’t going to run in and tell the referee that.