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Published 08:20 12 Jun 2018 BST
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And, on The GAA Hour on Monday, Colm Parkinson was having no talk that Deegan should've empathised with Longford's situation.
"For me, this is a red card," he said. "Cluxton's off his feet, he had a chance to pull out. If he catches Cluxton on the legs there, Cluxton comes down on his head. It's dangerous. "It could result in a serious injury and I think they should be stamping out the likes of that when a player is in the air. You've no protection when you're in mid-air like that."Cian Ward tried to see it from the opposition point of view, if only very briefly.
"I could see the temptation from McGivney's perspective," he laughed. "He had plenty of time to pull out and he was a massive loss to Longford. Hopefully Cluxton isn't too badly hurt and he's able to play the next day. "Often times a referee just gives a yellow card in that scenario. Particularly when it's the underdog against the big boys."But both Wooly and Ward agreed that the David v Goliath thing should've meant nothing in that decision - which it didn't, in fairness to the referee.
"You see, that's your emotion," Parkinson said. "Emotion makes you say that [refs normally give a yellow]. I'm the same as you, 'it'll ruin the game and he could've given him a yellow', but that's not the right way to do it. "I've no problem with a late hit, but not when Cluxton was up in the air."Listen to the full debate below.
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