Seamus Callanan anomaly forces rules rethink

GAA officials have confirmed to the Irish Examiner that a rule change passed at this year’s Congress will have to be revisited as a result of Tipperary forward Seamus Callanan’s late clearance to play in Sunday’s NHL semi-final against Waterford.

At this year’s Congress it was agreed, in an effort to put an end to dummy teams being named by managers, that all inter-county panels must be finalised by 9am on the Thursday before a game.

After that deadline additional players may not be added to the panel.