No ‘TMO’ planned for Hawk Eye at Croker

The GAA’s Hawk Eye will not follow rugby’s television match official (TMO) style when it is given its debut in Croke Park in June.

Although the mechanics of the score detection technology are still being worked on, there will be no human interface involved. While the exact process has yet to be finalised, it’s understood Hawk Eye will communicate the validity of a scoring attempt to the referee, and possibly the players and crowd via the stadium’s two big screens.

Unlike a rugby referee, who consults the TMO, the GAA referee won’t be responsible for calling on Hawk Eye to adjudicate whether a score is good or not.