One of the talking points from Mayo's victory over Kerry yesterday centered on a tackle by Andy Moran on Daithi Casey which had the hallmarks of a cynical foul. 

While a black card would have been expected, none was forthcoming. 

After the game, Kerry manager Eamon Fitzmaurice mused about a potential loophole in the rules when he spoke to the Irish Examiner after the game: “If Daithi had gone to ground at the time when Andy Moran pulled him back, Andy Moran would have probably got a black card, but within the rules it wasn’t a black card."

To try to clear up the issue and the wording of the rule, Wooly spoke to Football Review Committee chairman Eugene McGee, who explained:

"The exact wording of the rule is that the offence has to be a deliberate pulling down offence and they must be pulled down to the ground," said McGee who backed the referee's decision, although he has noticed that referees have often given yellow cards more than black cards.

"If [Moran] had pulled him down to the ground straight away, it was definitely a black card without a shadow of a doubt. But he wasn't pulled down and the rule doesn't allow for it. What happened was a plain old jersey pulling foul which earns no card for the first offence. But it does earn a yellow card for the second offence." 

Joe and Wooly were also joined in studio by Dublin All Ireland winner Jason Sherlock and Gizzy to discuss the impact of the black card on the high scorelines and defenders' in-game psyches.