Stop tinkering with hurling rules, pleads Cork’s Colm Spillane

The corner-back's greatest concern is how defenders will manage forwards who are being allowed to take up to 11 steps

MARGINAL GAINS: A dejected Colm Spillane after Tipperary ended Cork’s involvement in last year’s All-Ireland Championship. The Castlelyons clubman feels Cork have the talent to compete for major honours if they can cut out the errors of recent years. Picture: Inpho/Laszlo Geczo

Cork hurler Colm Spillane is not a fan of the new cynicism rule and said forwards overcarrying possession close to goal needs to be policed as much as defenders preventing goalscoring opportunities by improper means.

The Cork corner-back would prefer if Croke Park stopped “tinkering with the rules the whole time” and believes the cynicism rule, to be trialled in the months ahead, will “take away” from the game.