Murphy: Square ball rule must be revisited

ULSTER secretary Danny Murphy believes the new GAA playing rules committee must consider abolishing the square ball rule in open play for the betterment of Gaelic games and the benefit of referees following Sunday’s controversy.

Meath substitute Graham Geraghty had his goal disallowed against Kildare after referee Syl Doyle adjudged he had been in the rectangle when the ball entered it from Joe Sheridan’s attempted shot.

Murphy was one of the vocal advocates of an amendment to the experimental rule at last year’s Congress in Co Down, which called for the square ball to be abolished except from set-plays (frees, sidelines, 45s and 65s).