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You had that in the men's final too, umpires not up to it. For a final you really should have other refs and linesmen as umpires, not the refs buddies

yeah, probably a penalty anyway. Agree it was hard to see in real time.

General Hawkeye question, would it not intervene if the ref or umpires missed the score?

I thought I heard it would during a Tipp match a couple of seasons ago when something similar happened

I agree. It was one of the best camogie finals I've seen. Some recent finals have been dour, low scoring games and last years one was very one sided. Standard was quite high but unfortunately the refereeing in 2nd half wasn't. Cork's goal shouldn't have been allowed but seemed to be missed by everyone until after the game and 2 blatant fouls on Galway players in injury time not given as frees.

Super game and before I criticise the referee (which unfortunately I will have to) I’d like to say how her refereeing style contributed to a free flowing and exciting game but she got the big decisions totally wrong and she refereed the game in a totally wreckless manner.

Back to the match though and it was a super game played with ferocious intensity by both sides. Some great individual performances and the efficiency of the shooting by both sides was fantastic until Galway’s accuracy let them down.

But the refereeing. I hate complaining about referees, I genuinely do. But that was absolutely shambolic refereeing from start to finish. I get that there is a mantra to let the game flow but for a lot of that match there may as well not have been a ref on the pitch. Some of the tackling that was being allowed was totally wreckless and the intensity of these fouls only increased as the game went on when the players picked up that she just wasn’t going to give a free for anything.

The only frees she seemed capable of giving were against players for barging, virtually none of which actually were barging. It’s totally unfair anyway to be super strict on the attacking player and then letting the tacklers basically do whatever they like.

The free not given to Galway’s number 5 for when she was pole axed from both sides near the end was one of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen. It couldn’t have been a more blatant free. There was another shortly after also not given to Galway for a very high pull that was extremely obvious and dangerous.

The goal I wouldn’t blame the ref for, umpire has to spot that. Crazy that he wasn’t capable.

I’ve picked out what I think were the 3 most egregious decisions and they all went against Galway but don’t get me wrong there was plenty more blatant fouls on both sides not given.

To referee the game like that makes for an exciting spectacle but it compromises the integrity of the match by not actually applying the rules and also compromises the safety of the players by allowing such dangerous tackling which only gets worse as a game goes on because the players realise it’s the law of the jungle out there.