Clare co-manager Gerry O’Connor doubts that Tony Kelly’s red card last Saturday week would be shown in the Championship. It didn’t look like a red to me. “You’d obviously ask yourself will the same level of scrutiny be applied to the tackles as the year progresses.”Kelly attended the CHC meeting with selector Jimmy Browne. “The referees are probably implementing the directive that they get from Croke Park so it’s very hard to be too harsh on the officials. We lost no game in the league last year; we lost no game in the Championship last year.”

Source: Irish Examiner February 04, 2019 11:48 UTC