Playing Rules Motions Passed at Congress Detail for Referees/Players/Officials Both Hurling and Football: Rule 3.4 (d), Rules of Specification: “Extra Time (when played) shall consist of two periods of ten minutes each way.” Change: In 2009 the Rule stated that when teams were still level after the designated extra time, two further periods of five minutes each way were to be played. The additional... 

GAA Field There are 15 players in a team, but like football a round ball is used. From the local junior team to the all-Ireland final at the highly impressive Croke Park stadium, the passion and commitment on the pitch are the same all over. Its origins pre-date recorded history, but the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) was founded in 1884. It is not only in Ireland that Gaelic football is played. Clubs... 

Breaking Ball In both football and hurling the ball cannot be lifted off the ground or played with the hands while on the ground. It must be played with either the feet or the hurley in hurling. The goalkeeper may play the ball on the ground – provided it is inside his own small rectangle and while in possession of the ball in that area he may not be charged. The ball can only be carried in the... 

The Good Old Days   Fifteen players make up a team in both football and hurling. Although a game can be started with 13 players on either side, both teams are expected to have a full compliment by the time the second half starts. The Good Old Days Five substitutions are permitted during the game and should the game go to extra-time, a further three replacements are allowed. If a team has a player... 

  Babybel There are 36 technical fouls in football and 34 in hurling, the main ones are: Football: To over carry or over hold the ball To throw the ball To handpass the ball without a definite striking action To lift the ball off the ground with the knees To lie on the ball To bounce the ball more than once consecutively after catching it To play the ball with the hands and catch it again before it... 

The Boss A total of seven people control a GAA game. The match referee is assisted by two linesmen and four umpires. The referee controls everything on the pitch, but the linesmen and umpires also do important jobs. There are two umpires at each end of the pitch on either side of the goal and they decide if a score is made, the ball has crossed the end line for if a wide or a free is to be awarded. They... 

Croker The pitch, or field of play, should be rectangular, between 130m and 145m in length and 80m and 90m in width. It can be reduced for younger players. A series of lines are marked across the pitch at 13m, 20m and 45m from each end line. A further marking at 65m is made for hurling. These lines are also marked with flags on the sidelines. There is also a line in the middle of the pitch, 10m long...