The GAA will not make a decision on whether Hawk-Eye will be used in the All-Ireland hurling final until later this week.
It comes after receiving a report from Hawk-Eye on the problems that occurred during last Saturday’s Derry-Galway All-Ireland football semi-final, which resulted in the technology being stood down for the second half of the game and the following day’s semi-final between Kerry and Dublin.
Controversy arose when Hawk-Eye intervened to disallow a 45 that had clearly been converted by Galway’s Shane Walsh, though the score was restored following consultation between referee Brendan Cawley and GAA officials.
In a statement, the GAA said that it has received assurances that the issue arose only with the Hill 16 end goal and that the error was down to a “combination of unrelated issues, including minor hardware failures”.
The statement in full reads: “The GAA can confirm that a full report into the issues relating to problems with the score detection technology in use in Croke Park last weekend has been received from Hawk-Eye.
“A combination of unrelated issues, including minor hardware failures, led to an erroneous finding for a score towards the end of the first half of the first GAA Football semi-final, which was promptly queried by match officials who subsequently took the decision to award the score.
“Full end to end testing of the system will take place this week, after which a final decision will be made as to the deployment of the system for Sunday’s GAA hurling final.
“Hawk-Eye have also confirmed that there were no historical issues with the system and that the problems experienced relate to last Saturday only and specifically to the Hill 16 end goal for that specific moment in time.
“The GAA is to undertake a full review of its own protocols relating to when and how the system should be stood down if similar challenges are to arise in the future.”
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