Cahill calls Cats reply 'dignified'

TIPP boss Liam Cahill and vice-captain Jake Morris have heaped praise on Kilkenny for showing class in response to the score fiasco during Sunday’s All-Ireland semifinal.

- Garry DOYLE

The game was influenced by a huge error by the scoreboard operator on 70 minutes when Noel McGrath's wide was credited as a point to Tipp.

Neither ref Barry Owens nor either of his umpires had signalled a score — leading to a mistaken belief that Tipp had moved four points ahead when in fact they were just three clear.

That clearly influenced Kilkenny’s decisions in the closing stages when first Eoin Cody and then John Donnelly opted to go for a goal rather than a point.

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