GAA Congress: Green light for sin bin despite hurling opposition

Patrick Horgan of Cork has his jersey pulled. Should a defending team commit a prescribed cynical foul inside their 20-metre line or the semi-circle that prevents a goalscoring opportunity it will result in a penalty puck/kick and the offending player being sent to the sin bin for 10 minutes.

Despite strong opposition from Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick and the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) at Saturday’s Annual Congress, the sin bin will be a feature of inter-county this year.

With a three-fifths majority of delegates’ support being required, the motion was narrowly carried by 61% of delegates endorsing the measure, which will come into force for this season’s Allianz Football and Hurling Leagues and the Championship on an experimental one-year basis.