The chairman of the national referees appointments committee insists Bernard Brogan's 13th-minute point was definitely legitimate.

Neither of the umpires on duty at the Davin End on Sunday appeared to be in any doubt as to the validity of the strike, which gave the Dubs a 1-2 to 0-1 lead over Mayo, but subsequent footage from a different angle behind the goals appeared to suggest that the effort might have been off target.

However, Willie Barrett points out that Hawk-Eye would have intervened to correct a wrong decision, even if not invited to do so:

"If an umpire gets a decision wrong on a point or a wide and Hawk-Eye isn't called for, Hawk-Eye will call the referee and tell him he needs to review this decision," the Tipperary man confirms in The Irish Independent.

"Any point or wide called during Sunday's game was correct. There is no doubt about it - they were all correct.

"Every point or wide is verified above in the Hawk-Eye box. The minute the umpire makes a decision, it is verified. There was an incident a couple of years ago in a minor football semi-final where there was a signal for a wide and Hawk-Eye called back the referee and changed it."

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