St Gall’s benefit from extra bit of luck

IT was a character called Mr Bumble who made the quip about the law being an ass in ‘Oliver Twist’ and that withering assessment sprung to mind on Saturday night after a gripping All-Ireland club semi-final.

Having been delayed a week by the weather, St Gall’s and Corofin were inseparable after 60 minutes of football before one of the GAA’s most nonsensical rulings played its part in deciding the outcome.

The rules state that teams who have players sent off in normal time are allowed return to the full complement for any period of extra-time and the Antrim champions were the grateful beneficiaries of that idiocy here.