Eddie Brennan has called for the GAA's disciplinary system to be overhauled in the wake of the decision not to punish Austin Gleeson for his helmet grab on Luke Meade during last Sunday's All-Ireland SHC semi-final.

The former Kilkenny star was adamant that the Hurler of the Year had committed an offence when the incident was the topic of conversation in The Sunday Game studio.

"I absolutely stand over my comments on this incident and I was not trying to be personal in any way," he remarked on Morning Ireland this morning.

"I wasn't raging a campaign to have any player suspended for an All-Ireland final. I was asked a question and I didn't dance around the issue. As a former player and as someone who has been banished to the stand once or twice I understand the predicament that players can find themselves in.

"As a person who admires top quality hurlers I'm delighted that Austin Gleeson is free to play in the All-Ireland final."

But, following on from the announcement that Mount Sion ace Gleeson will be eligible to line out against Galway, Brennan believes it's time to change how the GAA conducts its disciplinary business.

"It's vital that the process is changed.

"If you are going to have a disciplinary system of rules and regulations and then don't implement them, well there's no point in having them.

"If young lads of 14 or 15 get grabbed by the helmet and get yanked left or right, then they are going to get seriously hurt. That is the big issue. We are talking about someone getting seriously injured."

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