New Rules GAA

The new (Cork proposed) 60 hour exclusion window between u20 and senior seems a nice middle ground they've voted on, envisaged coming in next year. The current rolling week long exclusion a little too 'all or nothing' when it comes to exceptional young talents. Fingers crossed it's used well with a close eye kept on player loading.

Fixing the black-card loophole a great fix too. Never should have been a problem but great to see it finally fixed.

David Clifford and Cathal O’Neill have been the poster boys for it and why the change was important. Just last year Eoin McEvoy (Derry) and Sam Callinan (Mayo) both u20s making a major impact at Senior. We had Sam successfully man-marking Shane Walsh in a must-win pQF. Nearly always a few of them around making a big impact, even with the modern S&C demands.

"MOTION 22: This motion proposes that cards, in all circumstances, issued in normal time would carry forward into extra time."

Stops the loophole where you were better off getting a red (black/yellow to avoid a ban) card and could be instantly replaced in extra time as it didn't carry over Vs. a black card which carried over into extra time and left your team a man down.

Niche cases but a silly position to ever put teams in where you'd be in a better position getting a second yellow after a black on your way off the pitch seconds before the final whistle.

The "small print" version of the motion about cards.

(22)

That Rule 2.5 - Rules of Specification - The Players - Players in Extra-Time – Official Guide Part 2 (page 7) be amended to read as follows:

a) At the commencement of Extra-Time, a team may replace any or all of the Players on the field of play at the conclusion of Normal Time

b) A player ordered off in any circumstance in Normal Time, may not play in Extra-Time and may not be replaced

c) A player in receipt of a Black Card and ordered to the Sin Bin for ten minutes with less than ten minutes remaining in normal time shall be one of the players on the List but shall serve any remaining time in the Sin Bin in Extra-Time.

d) A Caution (Yellow Card) issued in Normal Time shall carry over into Extra-Time as shall a Black Card.

e) The Referee shall be given a List of the players starting Extra-Time, or a Note clearly indicating the changes made from that of the finishing team in Normal Time. This List/Note may be in single form but shall otherwise comply with the provisions of Rule 2.4 - List of Players.

f) In an Inter-County Game, only players on the List submitted to the Referee prior to the game may start Extra-Time.

g) Substitutions/Temporary Substitutions shall be allowed during the playing of Extra-Time as outlined in Rule 2.3(ii) and (iii).

Ard Chomhairle

Those new rules all sound sensible, let's hope they work well.

One issue that needs to be dealt with is the timewasting a team does to run down the clock when they get a black card. It's often the goalie goes down injured or with a contact lens issue or something, needs to be a better way to keep the game flowing.

hi. I don’t want to start a new thread for my silly question.

In an under 11 hurling game of hurling where the pitches are small etc (across the pitch) if an attacker is fouled right on the end line, where is the free in taken from?