Three-time All-Ireland final referee Fergal Horgan quits inter-county game

CALLING TIME: Referee Fergal Horgan during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship semi-final match between Kilkenny and Cork at Croke Park in 2021. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Three-time All-Ireland hurling final referee Fergal Horgan has quit inter-county refereeing, citing frustration at the lack of games he was asked to take charge of during the last two years.

One of the most respected officials in the game, Horgan said there is an imbalance in referee appointments at central level and that referees from Munster “are not getting a fair crack of the whip”.