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Published 17:36 19 Aug 2018 BST
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He bears down on the Galway goal.
He takes the first step..
A couple steps gone as he heads inside the 14.
By this point Morrissey should have already taken a solo, but he is allowed to continue.
From this angle it looks like an attempted solo, when in fact he is just shielding McInerney away from him.
Tom Morrissey side-steps past the third Galway defender and now attempts to solo the ball.
Another couple steps taken...
Finally... right before he wrecks the Galway net, in comes the solo.
We counted nine steps here.
Of course it is hard for referee's to police. The game moves so fast, but the reality is, this breach of the rules goes unnoticed way too much, and on this occasion it may have cost Galway a second All-Ireland title in a row.
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