Louth manager Peter Fitzpatrick may campaign to have the O'Byrne Cup final replayed.

The Wee County felt hard done by on Sunday when the match referee ended the game in the third minute of injury time - with the ball still in play. Under current rules, the ball has to go dead before the final whistle can be blown.

Thus, Louth have every reason to feel aggrieved over the manner of their 1-15 to 0-17 defeat to DCU. According to Fitzer:

"I approached the referee afterwards and he said to me that he had played two minutes of extra-time.

"I said to him that it didn't matter, he could not end a game during play and it didn't matter whether there was five or ten minutes extra played, the ball had to be out.

"Even the DCU management were shouting at their players to kill it when the kick-out came back into the middle of the field.

"Everyone knew time had elapsed but the ball still had to be out of play. Therefore it is our contention that the referee blew early.

"The ref clearly made a genuine mistake but they must know the rules. The players have to know the rules, they have to execute the right hand passes.

"We'll certainly be lodging an objection to the Leinster Council about this. I said so to the chairman and secretary of Louth County Board after the game." Tweet

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