Lack of defined tackle upsetting Niall Carew

Sligo boss Niall Carew has hit out at the lack of a defined tackle in Gaelic football.

Carew was furious at the dismissal of defender Brian Curran in their narrow defeat to Limerick (0-14 to 1-9) in Sunday’s Division Three league opener in Kilmallock. Curran was shown a yellow and then a black card by referee Conor Lane and Carew believes players and officials are struggling due to lack of clarity in the rule book.

Carew said: “If you don’t have a definite tackle, I can’t coach a tackle, because there isn’t a tackle. There is a different interpretation every week. Unless they bring in the Australian Rules football tackle, which is release the ball when you are tackled and then everyone knows if you don’t release the ball it is a free against you. Unless they do that, you are going to have lads like me giving out every week.