Galway will oppose hurling sin bin at GAA Congress

Galway County Board supports the awarding of a penalty as a means of stamping out cynical play, but believe the additional sin-binning of a player is “excessive”

Galway will vote against the hurling sin-bin motion at Congress this weekend.

The motion, which aims to tackle cynical play in both hurling and football, proposes a penalty be awarded if a goalscoring opportunity is denied by a cynical foul in certain areas of the field. In addition to a penalty being given, the offending player in hurling will be sin-binned for 10 minutes.