Attacking mark rule provokes frustration in McKenna Cup

It took a mere 11 minutes of the 2020 inter-county season to throw up the first controversial incident of the new playing rules.

At Brewster Park where Down overcame Fermanagh 1-11 to 0-7, their captain Darren O’Hagan played in a long ball towards the back post. Owen McCabe caught it and stuck up his hand to signal a mark. The whistle was blown.