Smart sliotar to be introduced for 2023 hurling championship

SMART: Former Galway hurler Eoin McDonagh GAA President Larry McCarthy and Chairman of the Smart Sliotar Work Group Ned Quinn at the launch of the new smart sliotar in March. Pic: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Central Council are this weekend expected to endorse the introduction of the smart sliotar for the 2023 All-Ireland senior hurling championship.

Sliotar workgroup chairman Ned Quinn reported to the GAA’s management committee last month that the ball, which includes a microchip for authentication purposes, was “a great success” in this year’s O’Neills U20 All-Ireland championship and not one complaint had been received about it.