Much maligned sin bin to remain for National League

THE rules experimentation in subsidiary competitions will continue in the upcoming Allianz National League competitions, which begin with the meeting of Cork and Kerry footballers under lights at Páirc Ui Rinn on Friday week.

While it will be a priority to identify more clearly the specific fouls which lead to players being instantly sin-binned, the Chairman of the Football Task Force, Tommy Moran insisted yesterday that there was no question of abandoning the experiment.

"There has been a lot of negative reaction, but you have to take an overall view,'' said Mr. Moran, the current Connacht Chairman. "It would be wrong to condemn the rule changes simply because people do not immediately agree with them.