Central Council delegates had previously cleared it to be debated at a virtual Congress at the end of the month. The proposed motion has been subsequently sent back to the Standing Committee on Playing Rules which devised it in the first place to see if more objectivity rather than subjectivity around the ‘clear goal-scoring opportunity’ could be established. A new definition potentially provides parameters for referees to make decisions on whether a ‘clear goalscoring opportunity’ has been prevented and will be welcomed, the head of the national referees’ committee Willie Barrett has suggested. Is that a clear goal-scoring opportunity? “By comparison to football referees, who have had to deal with a black card, a sixth sub, a couple of marks, hurling referees would be quite comfortable with change.”Read MoreOnline Editors

Source: Irish Independent February 10, 2021 02:33 UTC