Tipperary All-Ireland winner takes his case to GAA annual congress
Cork’s Alan Connolly plays a hand pass that was deemed to be a foul against Limerick last year. Replays cast doubt on the decision. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/InphoAll-Ireland winning full back Conor O’Donovan responded to a vox pop. One of the questions was, ‘What would you like to change about the game?’
It represents the culmination of a 17-year crusade by O’Donovan to regulate handpassing and eliminate the scourge of ball throwing, which he sees as endemic to the modern game. “We’ve arrived now at this point where, thankfully, there’s a motion going to Congress to be voted on, which, if passed, will just eliminate the ball throwing from the game.”
In the five years until 2023 there was a 40 per cent increase in the number of handpasses in intercounty hurling, up to 99 per game. “It’s almost like, you know, I have a troublesome teenager but he gets 600 points in the Leaving Cert, so we forget about the fact that he can be ... well, troublesome. You know, it’s kind of like, oh well, he’s a good kid overall.”
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