Black Card rejected for hurling as one-on-one penalty adopted

GAA Congress delegates have this morning decided not to implement a Black Card for Hurling, but the one-on-one penalty has been adopted.

Black Card rejected for hurling as one-on-one penalty adopted

GAA Congress delegates have this morning decided not to implement a Black Card for Hurling, but the one-on-one penalty has been adopted.

Six motions from the Maastricht club in Europe related to introducing a rule which would see a black card to combat cynical fouling in hurling, similar to that used in Gaelic Football.

The motions were taken together and overwhelmingly defeat by 71% to 29%.

After being trialled in the pre-season subsidiary competitions in January and February, the one-on-one penalty rule for hurling has been strongly backed.

84% of those who voted were in favour of the rule.

Just one player successfully converted a one-on-one penalty in the Bord na Móna Walsh Cup in Leinster when Zane Keenan netted for Laois in their lost to Dublin in the semi-final.

There had been some opposition to the rule, with Kilkenny hurler TJ Reid, among those voicing their concerns.

The Hurling 20/20 committee had come up with the idea for the new rule, with a testing session taking place in Semple Stadium last October, involving Colm Callanan (Galway), Joe Canning (Galway), Shane Dowling (Limerick), Eoin Kelly (Tipperary), Patrick Kelly (Clare) and Anthony Nash (Cork).

Meanwhile, delegates have voted not to carry yellow cards issued in normal time into extra-time.

However, a motion to make extra-time obligatory for all inter-county Championship games including All-Ireland finals, knock-out league games Inter-Provincial Competitions, Oireachtas and other Inter-County Tournaments, Inter-Club Provincial and All-Ireland Championships, the Sigerson and Fitzgibbon Cups, and any other games in subsidiary competitions was defeated.

Under 21 inter-county games will continue to be of 60 minutes in length, while the power of both referees and linesmen have now been strengthened.

Referees are now allowed to have greater consultation with a linesman or umpires "in order to establish matters of fact", such as the validity of a score when the referee is in doubt.

Also linesmen can now bring to the attention of the referee, during a break in play, any instances of foul play, in particular rough or dangerous play, striking, hitting, or kicking, or unauthorised incursions onto the field of play, which have not been noticed by the referee.

— Cóilín Duffy

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