Duffy: GAA could not have done more to explain new rules

GAA Director General Paraic Duffy has said that his organisation could not have done much more to explain the rules regarding the handpass, ahead of last Sunday's major day of football Championship action across three provinces.

"The rule was changed at Congress four weeks ago. Every county, every club in the country were written to directly. Leading officials were written to as well. Last week we sent six of our elite inter-county referees to meet the six teams who were playing, " Duffy said at yesterday's 'Ulster Bank GAA rivals' campaign launch at Croke Park.