Gaelic football matches now taking two minutes longer than hurling

The scoreboard clock at Croke Park   Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Major inter-county Gaelic football games are running longer in duration than their hurling equivalents.

The Irish Examiner’s study of the 11 matches in this year’s championships reveal football games were averaging over 77 minutes in total, additional time representing in excess of 10% of the regulation minutes.