Only one rule will lead to ‘manufactured’ penalties in hurling, warns Donal O'Grady

Limerick’s Donal O’Grady has warned any move to reduce the number of defending players on the line for penalties in hurling from three to one will lead to players manufacturing fouls inside the area.

O’Grady isn’t against the rule per se — he is actually all for trialling the idea before it is written into GAA law — but he believes such a new edict would create a headache for the very men whose job it is to keep the peace.

“It makes the referees’ job harder again, doesn’t it? There’s extra pressure on them to see when a forward is trying to manufacture a penalty because they will know the chances of scoring them are increased with just the one goalkeeper.”