Davy Fitzgerald calls for lifetime ban for anyone who physically abuses a referee

ZERO TOLERANCE: Davy Fitzgerald is pictured at the launch of Londis’ sponsorship of Ireland’s Fittest Family. Londis will sponsor RTÉ's hit TV show for a fourth year in a row, which returns to our screens on Sunday 2nd October for a tenth season.

New Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald says any individual who physically abuses a referee should be banned for life.

Fitzgerald believes a zero-tolerance approach should be taken in the wake of a series of alleged assaults on referees in the last six weeks, two in Wexford and one in Roscommon.