Paul Clarke hopes the match officials clamp down on Lee Keegan's behaviour in Saturday's All-Ireland final replay.

The Mayo wing back spent much of the drawn game swinging out of Dublin attacker Diarmuid Connolly and former Dubs star Clarke would like to see the umpires and linesmen intervene this weekend:

"I hate that battle," Clarke told The Irish Independent. "I don't see footballer versus footballer there. I actually think Lee is conceding his footballing ability by pulling and dragging rather than pitching himself against him as a footballer. With the two of them it just seems to descend into a wrestling match all the time.

"I don't know if it is coming from management or not but I'd be telling Lee Keegan to go and impose himself on the game. He's very good going forward, a great footballer and I just think he can give Mayo more than he is at the minute.

"I watched the game from Hill 16 and I saw a lot of off-the-ball stuff going on, cynical stuff. There was just a lot of negativity in the game. I thought the referee actually had a good game in the circumstances but the linesmen and umpires didn't seem to see much, and referees need a hand on All-Ireland final day with everything that is going on."

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