GAA vote to do away with 50m penalty for kick-out mark fouls

On-the-spot frees to come in from this weekend.

RULE CHANGE: A free for a foul on a player successfully claiming a kick-out mark will take place from where the infringement was made starting with this weekend’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-finals and Tailteann Cup semi-finals. Pic: Ben McShane/Sportsfile.

A free for a foul on a player successfully claiming a kick-out mark will take place from where the infringement was made starting with this weekend’s All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-finals and Tailteann Cup semi-finals.

In an electronic vote prompted by the presentation of the proposal at Central Council on Saturday, delegates voted 38 to one in favour of changing the experimental rule as it existed, which was a free brought forward 50 metres.