Brendan Cummins: Limerick-Cork time keeping was spot on

RTÉ News​

08-06-2025

There was much debate as to the amount of time added on at the end of normal time and then extra time during the Munster hurling final, but Brendan Cummins felt the officials got it right at the TUS Gaelic Grounds.
There was much for referee Thomas Walsh, who had to leave the field of play at the end of normal time and his replacement James Owen, to contend with.
On The Sunday Game, Cummins went through the chronology of events, that started with Walsh going down with cramp
"It was two minutes and 25 seconds before the game restarted and that time was allowed," said the former Tipperary netminder.
"And then you bring it forward to Aaron Gillane's free, there is 83 minutes on the clock and ball from Gillane goes over the bar. He (Owens) blew for half-time.
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"And then at the end of extra-time, you can see James Owens in the middle of the field pointing out clearly one minute of additional time to his officials. Shane O'Brien is then fouled by Damien Cahalane, we are just under the 90 minutes. Cahalane gives away the free but behind all that Cian Lynch gets a head injury and he needed attention, so he had to leave the field of play. It took one minute for Cian Lynch to get off the pitch.
"Aaron Gillane looks around at the referee and says 'am I ok to go (take the free). We still have one minute to go."
Darragh Fitzgibbon then had a free in own half, with Cummins pointing out that the referee did not say to him to that this was the last puck of the game. The shot goes out off Nick Quaid for a 65.
Cummins continues: "On 92 37 seconds, Fitzgibbon is taking the 65. The important piece here is that, and I didn't realise this until I spoke to a number of referees today, the rulebook states that 'if it goes out for a 65 you must let the 65 be taken'.