Time to introduce television match officials for biggest games, says top ref

ONE of the country’s top hurling referees believes the GAA should introduce television match officials for high-profile championship matches.

John Sexton, who took charge of this year’s All-Ireland SHC semi-final between Tipperary and Waterford, has welcomed Croke Park plans to improve the standards of top-flight umpires. However he is convinced that authorities need to utilise video replays in an effort to help refs deal with contentious calls.

The Ballyhea club man reasoned: “Video technology is in use at the moment anyway for disciplinary matters in an effort to clean up the games. I’m in favour of anything that helps us to reach the right decisions.