Anthony Daly: Spiky in the Páirc, but Galway make real statement for Donoghue

When a Cork fella said to me on the way out of Páirc Uí Chaoimh that the referee 'fleadhed' them, all I could do was laugh....

DOGFIGHT: Saturday night's game between Cork and Limerick, played in terrible conditions, tells you a lot more about players than one that looks like a tennis match. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

As I was walking out of Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Saturday night, a Cork fella said to me: ‘He (referee, Seán Stack) fleadhed us.’ 

I had to look at him twice to see if he was being serious, or having a laugh. ‘The last free was hardly the worst free of the night,’ I replied. ‘I’d say it’s the Limerick lads who will think the ref fleadhed them.’