Stephen Bennett fears sin-bin would 'ruin' hurling

Waterford forward Stephen Bennett sees merit in the recommendation to award a penalty for goal-scoring opportunities that are cynically thwarted outside the large rectangle

Waterford’s Stephen Bennett with his PwC GAA/GPA Hurling Player of the Month semi-finals award. Despite being a victim of a cynical foul in the All-Ireland final, he says if it was the other way around, I’d be hoping that the boys would do the very same thing’. Picture: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Waterford forward Stephen Bennett has said the introduction of a 10-minute sin-bin would “ruin” the game of hurling and leave defenders afraid to tackle.

The GAA’s standing playing rules committee will bring a motion to Congress proposing that a penalty be awarded for a cynical foul - a deliberate pull-down or trip - that denies a goal-scoring opportunity in both of next year’s All-Ireland senior championships.