McGill: Sideline rules won’t change

GAA director of games administration and player welfare Feargal McGill doesn’t expect the new five-person limit on sideline team personnel to change.

Dublin chairman Andy Kettle said he will broach the subject of the new regulations at tomorrow’s Central Council meeting in Croke Park. Kerry and Waterford chairmen Patrick O’Sullivan and Tom Cunningham have added their weight behind the opposition to the new restriction at pitch-side.

The Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC), of which McGill is secretary, had initially put forward a proposal to reduce the numbers on the sideline to seven. However, having received that, Central Council elected to cut a team’s allocation to five — a manager, one selector, medic and two water/hurley carriers.