Referees to get tough on cheats

Referees have been given the order to get tough on GAA cheats and hand out yellow cards for diving offences from next season onwards.

Referees have been given the order to get tough on GAA cheats and hand out yellow cards for diving offences from next season onwards.

This year's championships were marred by a number of unsavoury diving claims and GAA chiefs believe the best way to stop the spread is by nipping it in the bud.

Refs will now have the power to award frees to opposing teams for lesser offences in an effort to stamp out the problem.

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