Meath asked referee if the score was right with eight minutes left to play
June 06, 2016
James Toher of Meath takes a selfie with fans after the Christy Ring Cup final game ©INPHO/Tom Beary
Meath selector and former Antrim player Mickey McCullough said that they had doubts about the scoreboard during the Ring Cup final so they checked with the referee, who told them it was correct.
The Royals collected the silverware as the scoreboard read 2-18 to 1-20 but afterwards referee John O'Brien admitted that he made an error and the game finished a draw.
The CCCC meet on Tuesday and a replay could well be ordered. McCullough explained to RTÉ Sport's GAA podcast Jones' Road: how everything unfolded.
"Word had actually got to us that the score was wrong on the line," McCullough revealed. "Around the 62nd minute we'd approached the linesman and asked, 'Look, we've word here from TG4 that the score is wrong. Is the score on the scoreboard correct?'
"He radioed then over to the referee and on his way back past us again he pulled over and he told us 'Yes, that score on the scoreboard is correct, TG4's wrong.'
"We had asked the question and we were told the score is right. So we played the game that was in front of us.
"I suppose when you are asking an official, that's really the end of it. They must check that with another official and we did.
"And even after it never dawned on me because there was no running on to the pitch from Antrim to contest with the referee or anything. There was nothing."
