GAA to investigate after confusion over final score of Tipperary-Kilkenny game
Tonight the GAA confirmed the official score was 4-20 to 0-30 in Tipperary's favour and acknowledged the confusion with the GAA set to await the full report from referee James Owens 'in order to establish how the initial mistake occurred'.
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The confusion centred around a Noel McGrath shot in the 70th minute into the Hill 16 end which was waved wide by an umpire.
The scoreboard in Croke Park increased Tipperary's tally from 4-20 to 4-21, but no white flag was raised. It transpired to be Tipperary's final score of the game with a Jordan Molloy Kilkenny point the only additional score.
Tipperary boss Liam Cahill and his Kilkenny counterpart Derek Lyng both revealed afterwards that they believed Kilkenny were chasing a three-point deficit towards the end of the game.
That position contribution to Kilkenny's approach of chasing a goal with both Eoin Cody and John Donnelly taking shots to try to find the net on separate occasions.
The full statement reads:
'The GAA can confirm that the official score at the end of the Tipperary v Kilkenny GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final was 4-20 to 0-30. The GAA acknowledges there was confusion over the final score. The CCCC is awaiting the full referees report in order to establish how the initial mistake occurred.'
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