Six GAA substitute sagas

Six times that extra substitutes were the cause of controversy after a week in which Laois were penalised for a seventh sub...

2006 –

Kildare appealed Offaly’s six substitutes in the Leinster quarter-final when Pascal Kelleghan, who had been blood subbed in the first half and returned in the second half, but not for his direct temporary replacement. The Disputes Resolution Authority ruled against Kildare.

2012 –

Dublin chose no to contest their All-Ireland semi-final defeat to Mayo on the basis of the DRA decision six years previous. Mayo used seven replacements — two were blood subs but were in truth permanent switches — when the maximum was five. The late Dublin chairman Andy Kettle later called for a time limit on blood subs.

2002 –

Na Fianna used six substitutes in a Dublin SFC quarter-final against Raheny. The county board threw them out of the competition, a decision upheld by the High Court after Na Fianna appealed.

2002 –

Cork made six replacements in seeing off Tipperary by 19 points in the Munster SFC final. However, they didn’t forfeit as secretary Frank Murphy demonstrated there was no penalty in the rulebook.

2002 –

In drawing with Sligo in a league game, Kildare made one more than the regulated number of substitutes but lost the point as a result of the rule breach.

2001 –

The Leinster Council gave Sarsfields a replay after Na Fianna used six substitutes in beating them.