THE GAA ARE set to investigate after confusion emerged over the final score of today’s All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final between Tipperary and Kilkenny.
Tonight the GAA confirmed the official score was 4-20 to 0-30 in Tipperary’s favour and acknowledged the confusion with the GAA set to await the full report from referee James Owens ‘in order to establish how the initial mistake occurred’.
On the Sunday Game tonight, former Galway hurler Joe Canning said the scoreboard error changed the psychology of the closing minutes for Kilkenny who were chasing the game.
Limerick hurler Tom Morrissey said Kilkenny started “hunting goals” when they had enough time to close the gap through points.
Former Tipperary goalkeeper Brendan Cummins said he believes Kilkenny are honourable and will be “gracious enough” to accept the result.
The confusion centred around a Noel McGrath shot in the 70th minute into the Hill 16 end which was waved wide by an umpire.
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The scoreboard in Croke Park increased Tipperary’s tally from 4-20 to 4-21, but no white flag was raised. It transpired to be Tipperary’s final score of the game with a Jordan Molloy Kilkenny point the only additional score.
Tipperary boss Liam Cahill and his Kilkenny counterpart Derek Lyng both revealed afterwards that they believed Kilkenny were chasing a three-point deficit towards the end of the game.
That position contributed to Kilkenny’s approach of chasing a goal with both Eoin Cody and John Donnelly taking shots to try to find the net on separate occasions.
On the Sunday Game panel tonight, Brendan Cummins said the umpire put his hand up to catch the ball from McGrath’s wide which “confused everybody”.
Canning, All-Ireland winner with Galway in 2017, said: “They (Kilkenny) thought they were four points down at that stage. And psychologically obviously that’s huge because then you have to get a goal and a point or whatever you need to get back. In the last couple of minutes they were going for goals . . even at the time of the day I was like, ‘I think they’re two points’. There was a little bit of confusion all over.
“But when you’re two points, or if it’s three points and Jordan Molloy got a point to bring it back to two, psychologically when you’re on the field and you’re watching the scoreboard late on and it’s three points you’re thinking goals but if that was two points, tap one over, and then you try and win the puck out, tap another one over.”
Limerick hurler and five-time All-Ireland winner Morrissey said that during the attack after McGrath’s wide Eoin Cody had an easy option to tap one over the bar.
“He probably felt they’re four points down, they’re not going to get four points with four minutes left on the clock so he’s trying to force a goal instead, and that sets the tone for the next few minutes” said Morrissey, “they’re hunting goals instead of tapping it over there quickly and it’s back to a two-point game with three minutes left – and you can definitely get two points in three minutes.”
Cummins, twice an All-Ireland winner with Tipperary, said: “I think in fairness to Kilkenny, they’re honourable, the same as Tipperary the other side. Where it could have gotten really interesting is if Robert Doyle didn’t stop that ball on the goal line, then suddenly it gets really interesting after that.
“But to be fair, James Owens, the match officials, they had the score correct. And I think there’ll be checks and balances going forward. Yes, it’s human error, everybody makes mistakes. The big screen went up wrong. Ourselves on the live feed went up wrong. That’s the way it is but at the end of the day Tipperary have won the game. Kilkenny’ll be gracious enough I believe to take it as that, and we’ll learn the lessons from it and move on.”
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The full GAA statement reads:
“The GAA can confirm that the official score at the end of the Tipperary v Kilkenny GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final was 4-20 to 0-30. The GAA acknowledges there was confusion over the final score. The CCCC is awaiting the full referees report in order to establish how the initial mistake occurred.”
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GAA to investigate after confusion over final score of Tipperary-Kilkenny game
LAST UPDATE | 6 Jul
THE GAA ARE set to investigate after confusion emerged over the final score of today’s All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final between Tipperary and Kilkenny.
Tonight the GAA confirmed the official score was 4-20 to 0-30 in Tipperary’s favour and acknowledged the confusion with the GAA set to await the full report from referee James Owens ‘in order to establish how the initial mistake occurred’.
On the Sunday Game tonight, former Galway hurler Joe Canning said the scoreboard error changed the psychology of the closing minutes for Kilkenny who were chasing the game.
Limerick hurler Tom Morrissey said Kilkenny started “hunting goals” when they had enough time to close the gap through points.
Former Tipperary goalkeeper Brendan Cummins said he believes Kilkenny are honourable and will be “gracious enough” to accept the result.
The confusion centred around a Noel McGrath shot in the 70th minute into the Hill 16 end which was waved wide by an umpire.
The scoreboard in Croke Park increased Tipperary’s tally from 4-20 to 4-21, but no white flag was raised. It transpired to be Tipperary’s final score of the game with a Jordan Molloy Kilkenny point the only additional score.
Tipperary boss Liam Cahill and his Kilkenny counterpart Derek Lyng both revealed afterwards that they believed Kilkenny were chasing a three-point deficit towards the end of the game.
That position contributed to Kilkenny’s approach of chasing a goal with both Eoin Cody and John Donnelly taking shots to try to find the net on separate occasions.
On the Sunday Game panel tonight, Brendan Cummins said the umpire put his hand up to catch the ball from McGrath’s wide which “confused everybody”.
Canning, All-Ireland winner with Galway in 2017, said: “They (Kilkenny) thought they were four points down at that stage. And psychologically obviously that’s huge because then you have to get a goal and a point or whatever you need to get back. In the last couple of minutes they were going for goals . . even at the time of the day I was like, ‘I think they’re two points’. There was a little bit of confusion all over.
“But when you’re two points, or if it’s three points and Jordan Molloy got a point to bring it back to two, psychologically when you’re on the field and you’re watching the scoreboard late on and it’s three points you’re thinking goals but if that was two points, tap one over, and then you try and win the puck out, tap another one over.”
Limerick hurler and five-time All-Ireland winner Morrissey said that during the attack after McGrath’s wide Eoin Cody had an easy option to tap one over the bar.
“He probably felt they’re four points down, they’re not going to get four points with four minutes left on the clock so he’s trying to force a goal instead, and that sets the tone for the next few minutes” said Morrissey, “they’re hunting goals instead of tapping it over there quickly and it’s back to a two-point game with three minutes left – and you can definitely get two points in three minutes.”
Cummins, twice an All-Ireland winner with Tipperary, said: “I think in fairness to Kilkenny, they’re honourable, the same as Tipperary the other side. Where it could have gotten really interesting is if Robert Doyle didn’t stop that ball on the goal line, then suddenly it gets really interesting after that.
“But to be fair, James Owens, the match officials, they had the score correct. And I think there’ll be checks and balances going forward. Yes, it’s human error, everybody makes mistakes. The big screen went up wrong. Ourselves on the live feed went up wrong. That’s the way it is but at the end of the day Tipperary have won the game. Kilkenny’ll be gracious enough I believe to take it as that, and we’ll learn the lessons from it and move on.”
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The full GAA statement reads:
“The GAA can confirm that the official score at the end of the Tipperary v Kilkenny GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final was 4-20 to 0-30. The GAA acknowledges there was confusion over the final score. The CCCC is awaiting the full referees report in order to establish how the initial mistake occurred.”
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