🚨Referee James Owens comes under fire for his ‘shocking’ performance on Sunday

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What a cracking game of hurling that was on Sunday between Limerick and Cork at the Gaelic Grounds. Referee James Owens has comes under a bit of fire from Cork fans and indeed hurling fans for some of the calls he made during the game.. 

It’s a tough game to ref and I wouldn’t fancy being in the middle, should hurling have two refs? It is the fast field sport in the world after all. The Wexford man is coming under the spotlight from fans online, see some of the comments below;

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We’ll have a Limerick vs Clare Munster final now again a repeat of last year. We can’t wait for these two teams to go at it. It promises to be a cracking and will be played at Semple Stadium Thurles.

 

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18 Comments

  1. Some terrible decisions cost cork …not the first time James opens in controversy as regards cork .someone in croke Park should look at this .pity we talking about ref.and not the superb game served up by two great teams

    1. James Owens is not fit to ref. a match which was so close, maybe under 14 would suit him better
      He should have
      ‘GONE TO SPECSAVERS’

  2. So as stated Hurling is the fastest game in the world .so if the likes of rugby and soccer have VAR .TMOs .Clock will stop for injury etc .linesmen in coms with the Ref .its plain to see A hurl Ref Needs help he cannot physically be were the sliotar lands everything. I would say most refs are fit but not super fit .Counties put in a huge amount of effort to play theses game and a Ref decision good or bad can make or break a season in a close game .Hurling has got faster.something needs to be done to Help the Ref ..finally side note are umpires in direct comms with Ref

  3. As a former ref my self James Owens made 2 very bad calls agains cork first of all was no penalty second 3 goal ball was not hand passed was thrown into limerick player was 2 bad decision i was a neuter im from Clare.

    1. Too tough for one man in the middle VAR( in some form) needs to be introduced GAA have funds no doubt.

  4. Are ye serious james owens was spot on re the penalty. Cork player puts his hand and hurley around limerick player. Thats free all day long and a penalty
    Gillane was pulled on 14 occasions from making a run to get the ball so was flanagan and hegarty is that ok . They are frees all day long and got none
    I cant understand what umpires and linemen are doing and are connect by ear pieces to referee
    Cork take yer beatening he were so lucky that limerick did not score another 3 goals
    Cork got 22 frees to limericks 5 is that ok since limerick had nearly 60% possession over the full game

      1. It was difficult for Cork supporters to accept defeat as they feel that they should be winning mostly….throwback to the 3 in a row in the 70s and from the Chrisy Ring era…they are not the best at the moment…bit like Liverpool in soccer…difficult to take from. I remember several times when Cork always appeared to get the calls in their favour. Rebels you just have to take it on the chin…your time will come again. Limerick were the better team anyway…deserved to win.

  5. 22 FREES V 5 FOR CORK. HOW MANY YELLOW CARDS DID LIMERICK GET?? I SUPOSE YOU WOULD SAY THEY SHOULD HAVE GOT NONE AND SEAN O’DONOGHUE GOT A YELLOW CARD FOR A FOUL WHICH ALL PUNDITS SAY SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN A PENALTY. SEEING IT THROUGH ROSE TINTED GLASSES COME TO MIND.
    I REST MY CASE!!!

  6. Yes to the negative comments about the ref calls, as a male who played hurling for twenty five years during which time it was a foul to “chop” on a player ie slap a hurley on opponents stick,nowadays with the aid of My Kiely,Limerick it’s OK to have his players do so as its OK for Gillane to fake frees, hopefully the cameras will put an end to this eventually,as to Sunday last were the umpires asleep during the game.

  7. James Owens favoured Limerick. No way it was a penalty. He favours certain teams . He hates Kilkenny as in 2019 ( destroying so many games ) . He should be taken off the panel of referees . He gave Gillian a penalty and it should have been a free out for holding as he pulled down his opponents by holding his hurley 🥵🥵🥵🥵. Not from cork . Cork management should have protested over this terrible decision to award this penalty.

    1. No ref purposefully makes an incorrect call. But they do get things wrong. It wasn’t a penalty. The pass for the Limerick goal was definitely thrown. Cork should have won the game, easily. They were the better team on the day. But all refs make mistakes, genuine mistakes. No action should be taken against the ref.

  8. Every week I read comments from the side line refs. The game is suffering enough because of the lack of referees so its great to see so many expert referees on line here today. You all forget that a referee makes a split minute decision, you on the other hand have multiple play backs and pundits to advise your comments. Get off the fence

  9. J O only human bound to make mistakes but not good enough at this level We need VAR or 2refs maybe umpires that are tuned in ,we have loads of options to get this great game right and fair
    As one player said your a corner back watching the action at the far end -2seconds later you are the action

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