New rules still give ref final call

CROKE PARK'S high-powered Rules Book Task Force have vowed that the rights of referees will be safeguarded in the reworked disciplinary structures and procedures.

Committee member Liam Keane stressed that the integrity of the referee is sacrosanct.

"That's a position throughout the sporting world, that when a call is made by the referee, it's only in very exceptional circumstances that it would be interfered with," he said.