GAA close loopholes on suspensions

A RADICAL change of GAA policy, to allow a separation of club and county suspensions for non-serious offences, will be put forward at next month’s annual Congress in Belfast for ratification.

It's one of a series of recommendations made by a committee which reviewed disciplinary rules and procedures and specifically examined the implications of decisions made in the past year by units of the Association and the courts.

A significant change in relation to the operation of the blood rule is proposed, to avoid the anomaly highlighted by Cork last year in the Munster final replay.