ANTRIM HURLING MANAGEMENT and officials are this evening reviewing footage of the Christy Ring Cup final following suggestions that the game may actually have ended in a draw instead of a Meath win.
A late 1-1 from Meath substitute Sean Quigley appeared to secure victory for the Royal County in their first ever final, guaranteeing their place in next year’s MacCarthy Cup.
However, all members of the written media as well as a number of Antrim backroom staff recorded the full-time score as being 2-17 to 1-20, a draw.
Issues regarding the correct score appear to stem from the scoreboard being incorrectly updated after Niall McKenna’s 63rd-minute point for Antrim, which should have put them 1-20 to 1-15 ahead but wasn’t properly accounted for.
There are suggestions that a point was awarded to Meath in error at this stage which wasn’t corrected, resulting in a one-point win.
It’s understood that a DVD of the game was made available to Antrim afterwards by TG4 who carried a live transmission of the final.
Speaking afterwards, Antrim manager Dominic McKinley, who is heading up an interim management team, said that at the very least it was a bad mistake to put the wrong score up on an official scoreboard during what was an All-Ireland final.
The GAA stated after the game that match referee John O’Brien was satisfied that 2-18 to 1-20 was the correct scoreline, a Meath victory. However, Antrim may seek to pursue the issue depending on how they interpret the handling of the game.
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Meath? Controversy?! Never!
Does the ref not record the score. If so what ever he has in his book surely stands
Yes but in spite of all GAA supporters opinion, he’s actually HUMAN and might have made a mistake. If the score is accurate, well done Meath, otherwise replay it is!
Meath controversy maybe, but yet again at the hands of inept officials… No team wants to win or lose like this, GAA have enough resources to manage these games properly, get the finger out
Well Troy, beat tint
Well Troy, best thing you do is grab a whistle and show us all how it is done
Has to be a replay surely?
No Anthony not the case because the point was eventually taken from meath but never given to Antrim. So it would’ve been a draw not a 2 point swing.
How Fr Ted is this?
Surely Meath won’t stand by and take a title they didn’t win , oh wait , sorry I’m thinking out Louth , they probably will.
That ref shouldn’t be allowed to referee an u12 game
What about the ref’s notebook? Surely he has the score in there.
I noticed this live. It still wouldn’t have been a draw as Meath were awarded a point when Antrim scored; therefore a 2 point swing. Antrim won by 1
Didnt see that Sean.. fair enough
Simple solution to Christy Ring draw controversy. Allow both teams compete in All-Ireland Senior C’ship next year.
What did tg4 scoreboard say?