Hawk Eye won’t cover goal areas

Only points will be covered by Hawk Eye score detection technology at Croke Park as the cost would have significantly increased if goal areas had been included.

A two-year trial of the system — currently used in tennis and cricket — is expected to get the green light for Gaelic games at next month’s Annual Congress.

Pending approval from delegates, it will come into effect on June 1 for the Leinster SFC double bill of Offaly v Kildare and Dublin v Westmeath/Carlow.