Woods defends stance on recent punishments

GAA disciplinary chief Seamus Woods has declared the Association will not turn a blind eye to on-field incidents that would constitute criminal offences off it.

The Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) chairman said the GAA would be abdicating its responsibility were it to ignore the recent spate of melees at club and county games under their jurisdiction.

Woods was defiant in defending the punishments the committee proposed for Cork, Armagh, Monaghan and Kildare arising from league games last month. Cork selector Ger O’Sullivan suggested high profile football teams are being discriminated against because their games are being televised whereas those in Division 3 and Division 4 games are not.