‘I’d do it again’
Clare’s Conor Leen has admitted that he deliberately pulled the jersey of Cork’s Robbie O’Flynn in the dying moments of Sunday’s All-Ireland final.
With just seconds to go in extra time, O’Flynn shaped up to level the game that would’ve almost certainly taken the game to a replay only to drag his effort wide.
Replays showed that Leen clearly had a handful of the Rebels jersey, but not to take home as a souvenir, but went unpunished.
As a result Clare went on to win the hurling final for the first time in 2013 in a controversial end to an otherwise enthralling encounter.
Leen would commit foul again
Everyone affiliated with Cork understandably felt aggrieved by the call but Leen has doubled down insisting that he did it on purpose and would happily do it again if it meant the Banner would lift the Liam McCarthy.
He told Marty Morrissey: “I most certainly did and I’d do it again anyway.
“As a back, you kind of play on the edge. You get away with it sometimes, sometimes you don’t, and I did yesterday and I’d do it every day if I could.”
Pat Ryan refuses to blame refereeing decisions
Any decision like that would be enough to lose your cool but Cork boss Pat Ryan refused to use the late incident as a reason behind their defeat.
“Obviously, there are a couple of decisions that go your way and don’t go your way.
“At the end of the day, Clare are the champions and we won’t be giving out about any of that stuff.”
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