Walsh wants compromise on tackle

Munster GAA chairman Sean Walsh has signed off on his term of office by reiterating his view that the GAA must introduce an Australian Rules-tackle into Gaelic football.

The Kerry native, who steps down from his position at this evening’s Munster Council convention in Bunratty, is in full support of the Football Review Committee’s (FRC) recommendations.

However, he believes the area around the tackle in Gaelic football remains a grey area and proposes the tackle that is allowed in International Rules be introduced, whereby a player must release the ball if he has been held below the shoulders and above the thighs.