New playing rules to be scrapped

The GAA's experimental playing rules are set to be scrapped at the end of the National Leagues after they failed to get the required two-thirds majority at GAA Congress this morning in Cork.

The vote fell just eight ballots short of the required two-thirds majority on a 177-100 margin with Cork, Laois, Meath and Derry among the counties in favour of adopting the new rules which were set to clear up indiscipline in both hurling and football.