Hurling's black card is set for a significant tweak following the controversy from last year’s Tipperary-Clare game.
Introduced on a three-year trial basis in an attempt to cut out cynical fouls to prevent goal opportunities from developing anywhere inside the 20-metre line, a motion will go to GAA Congress later this month calling for offences that occur 25 metres in from either sideline not to be punishable by the awarding of a penalty.
Last year’s Munster semi-final turned on a decision by referee James Owens to award Tipperary a penalty after Aidan McCarthy dragged Jake Morris down some five metres from the sideline with most observers agreeing that it wasn’t an obvious goalscoring chance at that stage.
