Lack of understanding central to Cork-Kerry penalty call criticism, says Gough

'When I explained on the pitch to the Cork players what was happening they seem to go, 'Oh, okay'. And they were fine about it,' David Gough insisted. 

'CORRECT DECISION': GAA Referee and LGBTQ+ advocate David Gough at the launch of SuperValu’s ‘Wear with Pride’ Laces campaign. Pic: ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

David Gough believes there was a lack of understanding of the black card/penalty rule that he applied in last Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC Group 1 game between Cork and Kerry in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The Meath referee awarded Kerry a second-half penalty and sin-binned Seán Powter for his foul on Paul Geaney outside the small parallelogram as it denied a goal-scoring opportunity, as the rule stipulates.