Brian Gavin: We want manly hurling but dangerous play should result in red cards 

Referee Colm Lyons may come in for criticism in the wake of the Dublin-Galway game. 

MAROONED: Ronan Hayes of Dublin is surrounded by Galway's Jack Grealish, left, and Gavin Lee of Galway. Pic: Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

There could have been four red cards in Parnell Park on Sunday. That none were shown is not the greatest reflection on referee Colm Lyons.

The powers-that-be have made a point of trying to clamp down on dangerous and head-high challenges but there was not much of it going on in the Dublin-Galway game, effectively a Leinster semi-final.