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14th March 2022
11:36am GMT

McGuigan's first yellow card[/caption]
Then again, with 18 cards doled out on the day, it was one of those days in Hyde Park. For the second yellow, it was a classic case of punishing both players even though only one of them weas in the wrong. As Colm O'Rourke said on The Sunday Game, there's absolutely no reason why Shane McGuigan, running up the field in pursuit of a winning score, would have gotten involved with Brian Stack and the footage backed that up.
Stack dragged him down and the Slaughtneil man showed great patience and discipline not to react. He seemed to purposely keep his hands down by his side but that wasn't enough and he was given the road.
"Well a referee with a bit of cop-on will know that a forward running towards the goal isn't going to foul the back coming behind him. Like Shane McGuigan shouldn't have got either card and he should have been there to kick that free at the end," said O'Rourke on The Sunday Game.
Colm Cooper was of the same opinion.
"I think Shane McGuigan can definitely feel hard-done by. The first tackle was not a yellow and the second time, he was just held by Brian Stack. You can see his frustration because he was kicking these for fun throughout the match," said the Kerry man.
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