New Gaelic football rules: Stop clock to ensure players serve full 10 minutes in sin bin

The hooter system will be in operation for next Friday’s Munster v Leinster and Connacht v Ulster semi-finals in Croke Park.

ALL PART OF THE MASTERPLAN: The GAA Football Review Committee members, back row, from left, James Horan, Michael Meaney, Eamonn Fitzmaurice, Patrick Doherty, Shane Flanagan, Malachy O'Rourke and Alec McQuillan, front row, from left, Colm Nally, Michael Murphy, Colm Collins, chairperson Jim Gavin, and Seamus Kenny after a briefing of the GAA Football Review Committee at Croke Park in Dublin. PIC: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

The new stop clock will help ensure sin-binned players complete 10 minutes of action off the field, the F ootball Review Committee (FRC) have confirmed.

The clock/hooter will be in operation for next Friday’s Munster v Leinster and Connacht v Ulster semi-finals in Croke Park as well as the interprovincial cup and shield finals there the following day.