Nothing to fear from the chipped sliotar, says Cummins

The new balls, yellow in colour, contain a round microchip - just smaller in size to a 10c piece.

10 March 2022; Today the GAA launched the new GAA Smart Sliotar, which will be used in this years Under 20 hurling championship. The aim of the smart sliotar is to ensure consistency in performance, compliance with specifications, and to ensure it meets ethical standards of manufacture. In attendance at the launch is former Tipperary hurler Brendan Cummins at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Tipperary great Brendan Cummins has allayed fears over the GAA's new smart sliotar and insisted there is 'no difference whatsoever' from a playing perspective.

New microchipped balls will be used in next month's U-20 hurling championships with a view to introducing them for inter-county senior activity in 2023.