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Fogarty Forum: Hurling's head in sky about high tackles

Meanwhile, Clare have recovered from bad spots before and the word on the grapevine is Shane O’Donnell’s injury may not necessarily be a season-ending one either.
Fogarty Forum: Hurling's head in sky about high tackles

David Blanchfield of Kilkenny leaves the pitch after being shown a red card against Tipperary. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The circular from the Central Council meeting on January 18 was brief: “Guidelines on Head High Tackles were issued.”

Maybe if the GAA wasn’t so economic with such information, we might not have had weekends like the one just passed. For a start, they didn’t just apply to head-high tackles but neck restraints too.

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