Shane McGrath: Five sets of eyes should see Conor Leen foul on Robbie O'Flynn

Shane McGrath says the GAA should avoid any kneejerk reactions in bringing in a VAR-style system into elite level inter-county hurling or football.

While referee Johnny Murphy received praise for his performance in the modern-day classic All-Ireland final between Clare and Cork at the weekend, there was some frustration on Leeside that a late free wasn't awarded to Robbie O'Flynn at the death.

The forward clearly had his jersey pulled by Conor Leen before putting a shot wide from the 21, in what proved to the final act of the game.

Almost immediately, viewers around the country were able to see that O'Flynn had been fouled but by then, the Clare celebrations had begun.

'Clare won the game... It'd be wrong to let it colour the whole game' - The panel assess the key moments in extra-time, with @DonalOgC arguing it would be wrong to dwell on the jersey tug on Robbie O'Flynn on the final play #thesundaygame #CLAvCOR #AllIrelandhurlingfinal pic.twitter.com/iN6iy5obut

For McGrath, who was speaking on the RTÉ GAA Podcast, it's a failing of all of the officials to spot the jersey tug, rather than just the referee alone.

"I wouldn't be for it [video assistance], personally," he said.

"You've got your two linesmen, your two umpires down on that side. You could have had four extra sets of eyes at that end of the field.

"Last second, high ball in; you know something is going to happen. You know somebody's going to get pulled, somebody is going to do something.

"Your two umpires are clued in, your two umpires are down there watching it, and Johnny's down there as well.

"So you've five sets of eyes on the thing to try and make a call. If you have that, and all those people are entitled to call it back, or entitled to be influential on the