Enda McEvoy: The growing trend throwing hurling off course

GIVEN that the issue is largely to do with the men in the middle and how they apply — or not — the rules of the game, let’s start with a former All-Ireland referee.

A couple of years ago Barry Kelly was watching TG4’s All-Ireland Gold when he saw something that stayed with him. One of those memorable goals from the past that make the viewer think, yes, it really was a different sport back then. The scorer was Tony Doran and the goal a handpassed effort, as was all the rage in the mid-1970s.