Referees
David Coldrick reportedly dropped from referee panel due to failed fitness test

David Coldrick reportedly dropped from referee panel due to failed fitness test

David Coldrick is not part of this year’s panel of referees for the All-Ireland senior football championship, having failed the fitness test. Coldrick, who hails from the Blackhall Gaels club in Meath, has been one of the game’s most prominent referees in recent times. Having started out his career in 1994, Coldrick climbed the ladder […]

3 years ago

Joe Canning believes that they should get “rid of the assessor in the stand”

Joe Canning believes that they should get “rid of the assessor in the stand”

“Without John Keenan’s refereeing, you wouldn’t have got the game we got.” In what came as no great surprise to GAA fans, Clare’s Peter Duggan and Rory Hayes and Galway forward Cianan Fahy have all been cleared to play in their All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals this weekend. The appeals process has been under a lot of […]

4 years ago

Even match officials fawning over Erling Haaland as linesman gets his autograph

Even match officials fawning over Erling Haaland as linesman gets his autograph

Even officials can’t help themselves it would seem, as a linesman approached Haaland for his signature after last night’s match. Ok, we’ll admit, we’re all losing it slightly over Erling Haaland at the moment. Virtually every club under the sun would take him right now and even though he didn’t do too much last night […]

5 years ago