Gaelic Games:The Central Council of the GAA have given the green light to the use of Hawk-Eye goal-line technology on a pilot basis for all football and hurling championship games played at Croke Park.
The two-year period will start next year, after which a full review will be conducted, with the proposal subject to approval at Congress.
Central Council have also decided that next year’s National Hurling League will consist of six groups of six teams, with the final standings of this year’s NHL being used to finalise the make-up of the divisions.
Each side will play each other once, with the top two teams in each division contesting a final to decide the champion. From Division 1B down, the winners of the final will be promoted.
The bottom two teams will contest a relegation play-off, with the losers going down.
The format of the National Football League will remain the same next year, with additional semi-finals in Division one only.
NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE 2012
Division 1:Kilkenny, Dublin, Waterford, Tipperary, Galway, Cork.
Division 1B:Wexford, Offaly, Limerick, Clare, Laois, Antrim.
Division 2A:Down, Carlow, Kerry, Westmeath, Wicklow, Derry.
Division 2B:London, Kildare, Meath, Armagh, Mayo, Roscommon.
Division 3A:Louth, Fingal, Donegal, Sligo, Monaghan and Tyrone.
Division 3B:Longford, Leitrim, Fermanagh and Warwickshire.