Brian Gavin: Quaid penalty call will surely force rule change now

If referee Thomas Walsh is truthful, there probably wasn’t any stage in this game where he felt he had control

TIME TO CHANGE RULE: Clare's Peter Duggan is fouled by Limerick goalkeeper Nickie Quaid, before a penalty was awarded. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile.

Everybody seemed to feel the weight of Sunday's heavy All-Ireland semi-final. The Clare players, the Limerick players, referee Thomas Walsh.

If the Waterford official is truthful, there probably wasn’t any stage in this game where he felt he had control or the balance right and until such time as he negotiates these tricky encounters he is not going to get the big appointment.