Clare County Board chairman Michael McDonagh has called for a full investigation into Sunday's Munster SHC semi-final defeat to Cork at Thurles.

The Banner County camp were particularly unimpressed by the performance of referee James McGrath and McDonagh says the whole game should be analysed as well as events before and after half time:

"We just want to make sure what happened in Thurles yesterday never happens again," he told The Irish Examiner on Monday.

"We were beaten by a better team - we have no problem with that but there are issues during that match that should be analysed by the higher authorities in Croke Park. And action should be taken.

"The whole match should be analysed from A-Z. They're big enough men to see exactly what went on there. What I'm looking for is a complete analysis of the game by GAA management. They should get this done and a report should be sent out to each of the counties.

"Everybody deserves to know exactly what went on there. We're training county teams for a long, long time. We put a lot of effort into it and the bottom line is that I'm looking for a fair analysis of the game.

"It costs hundreds of thousands to prepare a team. I'm not pointing my finger at anybody and I want a report back from the management committee. It's not a major thing to do." Tweet

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