THE Limerick County Board’s objection against the result of the All Ireland Minor hurling semi final, due to Hawkeye’s error has been rejected by the GAA. The following was the statement from GAA HQ yesterday evening.
“The CCCC met in Thurles today to consider an objection from Limerick in relation to last weekend’s Electric Ireland All-Ireland minor hurling semi-final at Croke Park. The CCCC is precluded by Rule 7.10 (n) from considering the objection: “No objection or counter-objection maybe submitted on grounds that a referee had incorrectly allowed or failed to allow a score.”
Following the news that Limerick were unsuccessful in their attempts to force a replay, the Limerick County Board replied with a statement of their own.
“Lumneach CLG Wish to express their disappointment with the outcome of the objection lodged with the CCCC based on the acknowledged failure of the Hawkeye Score Detection System in last Sundays All Ireland Minor Hurling Semi Final. We can confirm that we will pursue this matter through all available channels and, to this end, we will now be lodging an appeal with Central Appeals Committee. As was previously observed,we shall not be making any further comment whilst this matter is under appeal and would ask that our position and that of the squad and management be respected in this regard.”
With the CCCC turning down the appeal, the next step is to go to the CAC. It seems, with time running out to even play a replayed game, the matter might just be a bridge too far Limerick.
