Mark Coleman: 'If we'd have known it was the last puck of the game, we would have shot'

With the clock already two and a half minutes over the allotted five, Owens allowed play to continue on for a total of six seconds from when Patrick Collins made contact with the sliotar.

Pupils of Scoil Chroí Íosa, Blarney, pose for a photograph with former pupil and Cork hurler Mark Coleman. Pic: Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Mark Coleman has confirmed that referee James Owens did not communicate to Cork players how much time was remaining when goalkeeper Patrick Collins stood over a 78th-minute free at the end of Sunday’s Munster final.

Collins sent the free - taken from just outside Cork’s 45-metre line - short to Coleman, who then sent a second short pass to Tim O’Mahony at halfway.