In the wake of today's All-Ireland ladies final Hawkeye was the main talking point rather than Cork's sixth All Ireland title in a row.
Cork managed to triumph today by a solitary point over Dublin, by 1-7 to 1-6, at the end of a pulsating clash in the All-Ireland ladies football final at Croke Park.
However the reaction to the game has largely focussed on the main controversy of the match - a disallowed first half point by Dublin's Carla Rowe that was wrongly waved wide by umpires.
It is a pity that focus is on the decision of an official at the end of what was really a terrifically tense and exciting game of football, but questions were being raised as to whether we now face a replay in the aftermath of what Dublin fans may feel is an injustice.
There was no Hawkeye in the ladies' final because of the complications that playing with a size 4 ball would have presented - it would have required recalibration of the Hawkeye system. This excuse didn't temper the negative reaction on Twitter.
To lose by a wrongly disallowed point is nothing short of disgraceful. Officials ruining games yet again. Carla Rowe's point was a score!
— AllGAA (@AllGaa_) September 25, 2016
Full-time and Cork win by a point, that Carla Rowe score that was disallowed in the first half will be a major talking point now!
— Jackie Cahill 🖐👍 (@cahilljackie) September 25, 2016
So the point made the difference. Laurel and Hardy.
— John Duggan (@JohnDugganSport) September 25, 2016
Cork ladies will go down as one of the greatest teams ever in the sport, but the fact is they didn't win. The game ended level.
— Darren Cleary (@RadioCleary) September 25, 2016
Never mind congratulationing yerselves on how many were at the game @LadiesFootball, make sure justice is done for the actual players.
— Cormac O'Malley (@cormacpro) September 25, 2016
Better team won but crazy when u lose an All Ireland final on a wrong umpiring decision Where was Hawkeye today? Not good enough
— Christy O'Connor (@chrisocfl) 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
The game was very delicately poised before the game, with Cork going for six All-Ireland titles in a row and Dublin trying to win their first since 2010.
The debate over the proper victors will rage on, but in reality the chances of a replay are slim.
