Leinster council boss calls for appeals reform

THE chairman of the Leinster Council has called for sweeping changes to the GAA’s disciplinary procedures to prevent a repeat of the Offaly-Kildare blood substitution controversy.

Offaly and Wexford were due to play their Leinster SFC semi-final last Sunday week but that fixture was postponed until the weekend due to the time Kildare’s appeal took to be processed through the various channels.

Having decided to challenge the legitimacy of their quarter-final defeat to Kevin Kilmurray’s side, Kildare appealed the result to the Leinster GAC, the Central Appeals Committee and the Disputes Resolution Authority.