Review will stop teams bending rules, says Bannon

TOP referee John Bannon from Longford believes the upcoming review of playing rules will have a significant influence on the control of games in the future.

The review, to be carried out by the Rules Book Task Force, whose major recommendations on disciplinary procedures will be debated at next week's Congress, will be confined to rules which relate to matters of discipline.

"This is going to be very important going forward, particularly for football - because most of the problem areas are to do with football, the rules and the playing of the game," he said.