Deasy edges Con home as Shannon pay penalty

INTERNATIONAL referee George Clancy was scratched from the Christmas card list of many a Shannon player and supporter after his handling of the final stages of Saturday’s gripping AIB League clash at Coonagh.

With the game entering its 86th minute, Clancy penalised Shannon for encroaching offside under their own posts, leaving Scott Deasy with the simple task of banging over a third Cork Con penalty to give his side a 9-8 victory.

It wasn’t the only call from the official that angered Shannon. A few moments earlier Clancy pinged scrum-half Robert Guerin for a crooked feed to a scrum, even though the scrum-halves on both sides had been guilty of the same indiscretion throughout the game and escaped punishment.