Injured Coldrick could be back whistling in a month
June 26, 2017
Meath referee David Coldrick
A calf complaint was the reason that referee David Coldrick had to quit at half-time of the Ulster SFC semi-final clash between Down and Monaghan and hand the whislte over to Paddy Neilan.
It's a troublesome injury that had caused the Meath whistler to sit out the previous week's Ulster SFC semi-final meeting of Tyrone versus Donegal.
The injury flared up again on Saturday evening and he was replaced at half-time in The Athletic Grounds by Paddy Neilan of Roscommon.
"I thought I was right with the extra week having pulled out of the Tyrone v Donegal match but, unfortunately, the calf problem caused me to withdraw at half-time," he revealed to hoganstand.com.
"I was 99.9 per cent sure I was okay but it just went. It could be a couple of weeks or close to a month before I get back."
