The GAA have launched a smart sliotar, to be trialled in this year’s under-20 All-Ireland championship, beginning in April. At the official launch in Croke Park on Thursday, the purpose of the microchip was explained as providing a system of authentication.
President Larry McCarthy hoped that the move would be, “a step in the right direction in terms of maintaining the integrity of the game”. It is thought to be the first field sport in the world to use a microchip in its ball for traceability purposes.
Work on standardising the sliotar goes back to 2003 and has been guided in that time by the GAA’s director of games admin …
- March 11, 2022
