Hurling now needs black card, says Limerick selector Donal O’Grady

Donal O’Grady: Black card would affect a hurling team more than a football team.

Lived by the sword, died by the sword. Limerick selector Donal O’Grady’s inter-county career was much more than that but his last appearance in Croke Park, the 2014 All-Ireland semi-final loss to Kilkenny, amounted to that proverb.

Ten minutes after Richie Power held Richie McCarthy’s hurley to tap in a goal, he was hauling down Power as he was all but certain to find a net. Not even booked for the foul, it is still regarded as the prime example of why the black card is required in hurling.