Kilkenny legend Eddie Keher has reiterated his opposition to any form of card being shown in hurling.

Six-times an All-Ireland winner with the Cats in the 1960s and ‘70s, Keher has always insisted that – as a unique sport – hurling doesn’t require red and yellow cards. Thus, he was delighted when attempts to have gaelic football’s contentious black card extended to the small ball code at Congress this year failed:

“I’m a long-time critic of cards in hurling. Hurling is a totally different game from anything - Gaelic football, soccer, rugby - a totally different game that has its own philosophy, its own attitude and all of that,” the Black & Amber icon told The Irish Daily Mirror.

“If a defender fouls now, anything up to 100 yards or 100 metres, it’s a point against him and to my mind that’s the penalty for fouling. They’re never going to drop the cards now.

“I know I’ve said this before but coming back to the cards, I think issuing cards and pointing to the sideline and all that is a demeaning exercise on players who have committed so much to the game and who give so much entertainment.”

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