Why some GAA games use clock/hooter timing and others don’t in this year’s championship

Different rules apply depending on where and how you watch — GAA’s split timing system stirs controversy in championship

SAVED BY THE BELL: A hooter for the clock pitchside before the Allianz Football League Division 1 match between Kerry and Donegal at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney. Pic: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Six senior provincial championship games take place this weekend. Half of them will be played under different rules to the other three.

Two will be shown live on TV – the Ulster quarter-finals Antrim and Armagh in Corrigan Park on BBC and Tyrone against Cavan in O’Neills Healy Park, which BBC will also carry as well as RTÉ. On Saturday evening in Newbridge, the Leinster quarter-final between Kildare and Westmeath will be streamed on GAA+.