Time hurling went hi-tech, says ref’s chief

THE GAA should utilise modern technology to develop a sliothar fitted with a microchip to monitor its flight, a national refereeing spokesman declared.

While stressing that controversial umpiring decisions were minimal at inter-county level, national refereeing spokesman Fr Seamus Gardiner believes that the GAA should be looking at the new technology and asking: "Could it be done?"

"Now that they are experimenting with technology in soccer, we should be looking at developing something, particularly in relation to points in hurling," he said yesterday. "It's only very seldom you have problems in football, but certainly in hurling, with a high ball on a sunny day it can be a difficult call."