Why wasn’t it there?
Cork cemented their status as one of the greatest ever GAA teams after they edged out Dublin by a single point at Croke Park.
In doing so, the Rebelettes clinched their sixth All Ireland Ladies Football title in a row – that’s an astonishing 11 All-Ireland SFC title in 12 years.
Dublin’s players will be the first to admit that they left some scores out on the pitch, they kicked 13 wides with 5 shots also dropping short, but in such a tight game, the decision to disallow Carla Rowe’s perfectly good point did prove to be a massive moment.
Controversy in the first half as Dublin denied a clear point. Why wasn't Hawkeye used? #CorkvDub #LGFA pic.twitter.com/EZcIpIXIhG
— SportsTalk (@Sportstalkdotie) September 25, 2016
Plenty of people have been questioning why Hawkeye wasn’t in use.
Ahead of last year’s Ladies Football Final, which was also contested by Dublin and Cork, Ladies football head Marie Hickey said that Hawkeye wouldn’t be used because “when we looked at it, we realised that there had to be a recalibration for the size of our ball and that would actually have taken longer than the time-frame that we had. There’s a cost factor as well, obviously, so we’ll look at it again next year.”
While there’s no official statement regarding why this year’s final didn’t use Hawkeye, Dublin manager Gregory McGonigle was just one of the many people to question its absence.
Dublin manager Gregory McGonigle queries why Hawkeye is not used for the ladies football finals https://t.co/EonzFErhRc
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) September 25, 2016
Here are just some of the opinions expressed on the lack of Hawkeye during the Ladies Football final.
You can't blame the GAA for no Hawkeye. Ladies GAA is a separate entity and it's up to them to bring it in for the different size ball.
— John Duggan (@JohnDugganSport) September 25, 2016
Where's your Hawkeye lads???? #DubvCork @GAA_BEO
— Rory's Stories (@RorysStories) September 25, 2016
. @dublinladiesg boss Greg McGonigle hasn't ruled out appeal . Not happy re no hawkeye use by @LadiesFootball @offtheball
— Oisin Langan (@oisinlangan) September 25, 2016
Unfair to both teams to have this cloud over the #AllIrelandFinal . #Dublin lost by a point when they had a clear point signalled wide.#LGFA
— Des Cahill (@sportsdes) September 25, 2016
Just wondering why there was no 'Hawkeye' today in Croke Park for an All Ireland Final #CorkvDub
— Alan Kelly (@alanrefkelly) September 25, 2016
Regarding the Carla Rowe point that wasn't. No hawkeye for the final because of the ball size difference.
— Emmet Ryan, back in The D-SIX (@emmetjryan) September 25, 2016
