Rebels see ‘appalling’ plan to change 20m frees as bid to nullify Nash threat

Cork are set to strongly oppose any proposed changes to the way 20m frees are taken in hurling, believing such moves to be an attempted punishment to goalkeeper Anthony Nash.

Nash scored goals from frees in both the drawn All-Ireland final against Clare and the replay. In the first game, there was much discussion following a free when Nash, taking the free, was almost within touching distance of his opposite number Patrick Kelly. A motion is set to go before the GAA’s Annual Congress seeking an alteration to the rule regarding these frees.

At last night’s Cork County Board meeting in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, however, chairman Bob Ryan decried the proposal as “an appalling decision”.