Conor Lane
Conor Lane is a Gaelic football referee. He hails from the Banteer club in County Cork and has refereed three All-Ireland finals.[1][2][3]
Career
Lane joined the senior championship referee panel in 2012.[4] In 2013, he refereed the All-Ireland Minor final.[5]
He was involved in a minor controversy when the then Derry manager quit his job following a match over which Lane officiated against Galway in 2015.[6]
In March 2016, he officiated at his first Senior Final Match when Ballyboden played Castlebar Mitchels in the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship final. [7]
Lane was chosen as the referee for the 2016 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final (drawn game) between Dublin and Mayo;[8] he showed James McCarthy the black card in the first half.[9] He was chosen as the referee for the 2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final between Dublin and Tyrone, his second All-Ireland final.[9]
Lane also took charge of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final replay between Dublin and Kerry.[10][8][5][11] While he was praised for letting the game flow,[12] his performance in the 2019 final replay was also criticised by Colm O'Rourke for being "too fussy... Lane gave all the marginal calls to Kerry in the first half... [he] forgot the advantage rule on several occasions".[13] He allowed Eoin Murchan's second-half goal, which involved rather much more running with, and carrying of, the ball than the rules permitted, and — shortly before the break — he adjudged Michael Fitzsimons to have committed a foul which was really carried out by Con O'Callaghan.[12]
References
- ^ Donoghue, Eamon (20 August 2018). "Conor Lane confirmed as football final referee". The Irish Times.
- ^ Donoghue, Eamon (31 August 2016). "Cork referee assigned All-Ireland football final". The Irish Times.
- ^ "Cork's Conor Lane to referee All-Ireland final replay as ticket prices reduced". The Journal. 2 September 2019.
- ^ Keys, Colm (8 May 2012). "GAA referees chiefs ring changes". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Corkman Conor Lane confirmed as referee for Dublin v Kerry re-match". Independent. 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Derry boss Brian McIver quits in fury over refereeing standards". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ Sport. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "Ballyboden stroll to a first All-Ireland football club success". RTÉ Sport. RTÉ Sport. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Cork's Conor Lane to referee All-Ireland final replay". RTE. 2 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Cork's Conor Lane to referee All-Ireland football final". Irish Examiner. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ Brian, Barry (9 February 2019). "Conor Lane to referee All-Ireland final replay between Dublin and Kerry". Sky Sports.
- ^ Bray, Allison (2 September 2019). "GAA announce reduction in ticket prices for All-Ireland final replay as Conor Lane confirmed as referee". Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
- ^ a b Casey, Gavan (14 September 2019). "As it happened: Dublin v Kerry, All-Ireland SFC Final Replay". The42.ie. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
32MINS 6:33PM · SATURDAY It was actually Michael Fitzsimons who got the tick, not O'Callaghan who did the dragging down. 35MINS 6:42PM In truth, Conor Lane has had a fine game. He's let plenty go, but it has added to the spectacle.
- ^ O'Rourke, Colm (15 September 2019). "It was foolish to think that it would be any different". Sunday Independent. Retrieved 15 September 2019.