Blowing the whistle on hurling’s ref crisis

REF JUSTICE: Luke Meade, right, and Jack O’Connor appeal to the linesman official during Cork’s recent Allianz HL Division 1 win over Westmeath at TEG Cusack Park. Officials have come under heavy scrutiny in recent weeks. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

THE echoes you heard resounding through the last seven days? Those were from the whistles at NHL Division 1A games last weekend.