Electronic umpire would know the score, says Kelly

GAA PRESIDENT Sean Kelly believes the association should utilise technology to avoid a repeat of the scoring controversy which surfaced after Westmeath’s one point win over Offaly in the Leinster SFC on Sunday.

Brian Morley scored his second point of the afternoon 22 minutes into the first half after collecting a David Glennon pass, but there have since been claims that the effort was wide.

“Firstly, I was in New York, so I didn’t see it,” Kelly said when questioned if human error was something to be accepted as part and parcel of Gaelic games. “I only read about it in the papers. Certainly there will be human error but, at the same time, it was something that was looked at in the past in the effort to find some electronic means to decide whether the ball was inside the posts or outside it.