Thurles may be next for technology as Duffy gives Hawk-Eye seal of approval
The GAA director general appreciated the unfortunate error by a Hawk-Eye official in incorrectly adjudging Barry Nash’s point attempt to have gone wide in Limerick’s extra-time All-Ireland MHC semi-final defeat to Galway last month. The incident is the subject of a case, which will be heard by the Disputes Resolution Authority this evening as Limerick contest the validity of the drawn result after normal time.
However, Duffy has wholeheartedly backed the system and sees it being introduced to Thurles.
“In essence, Hawk-Eye is an excellent system,” he told Today FM’s Championship Sunday yesterday. “It took a huge amount of time and effort to develop . I believe it will serve the Association well in the years to come.
“My own view is that it will become established. I would hope through time we would roll it out in venues other than Croke Park. The important thing is that in every game every score is correctly recorded. It was most unfortunate what happened in the Limerick-Galway minor game.
The problem there wasn’t with Hawk-Eye or the system.
“Unfortunately, it was human error.
“We set in place processes and procedures to make sure that particular incident couldn’t happen again and I’m confident Hawk-Eye will continue to be part of the GAA as we move forward.
“It’s expensive, it is very expensive.
“We started in Croke Park, it’s a two-year pilot and we’ll review it at the end of the two years (end of 2014).
“My own view is that the next venue we will look at will be Thurles because it’s predominantly a hurling venue.
“Certainly long term I think Hawk-Eye will become the norm.”
Hawk-Eye’s value was apparent once again in yesterday’s All-Ireland minor SFC semi-final when it correctly overruled an umpire’s decision that Conor McKenna’s first half shot had gone wide.
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