'The standard of refereeing at the moment is cat' – Ben O’Connor

Cork’s three-time All-Ireland SHC medalist was disillusioned by a number of instances in the Limerick-Clare and Cork-Kilkenny Division 1A games this past weekend.

REFEREEING IS CAT: Ben O'Connor stands for a portrait during the launch of TG4's award-winning Laochra Gael series at the Light House Cinema in Dublin. The Gaelic sport biography series returns with eight new GAA legends profiled for Season 23. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile.

The promotion of hurling is being damaged by over-zealous refereeing and pressure on match officials to call fouls, Ben O’Connor has claimed.

Cork’s three-time All-Ireland SHC medalist and 2023 All-Ireland U20 winning manager has long been a proponent of the physical nature of the game. However, he was disillusioned by a number of instances in the Limerick-Clare and Cork-Kilkenny Division 1A games this past weekend.