Clock/hooter won’t be in use in Leinster club final

Decision comes as 2026 inter-county football games will conclude when the buzzer sounds.

ABOUT TIME: The showpiece game will not be subject to the timing mechanism, as it wasn’t used in previous rounds of the Leinster championship. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach / SPORTSFILE

The clock/hooter will not be in operation in Saturday’s Leinster senior club final in Croke Park.

The provincial council’s competitions control committee have ruled that despite the technology being available in GAA HQ, the game will not be subject to the timing mechanism as it wasn’t used in previous rounds of the Leinster championship.