Liam Sheedy content with one-v-five solution for 20m hurling frees

Hurling 2020 chairman Liam Sheedy believes a limit of five defenders on the goal-line for 20-metre frees is a fair compromise.

After strong opposition from Kilkenny, the committee’s motion proposing one-versus-three 20m frees was defeated.

Kilkenny chairman Ned Quinn argued the punishment for a technical foul was too harsh. A similar motion from Central Council followed but it succeeded as an amendment by Cork’s Frank Murphy to increase the number of defenders to five was accepted.