All-Ireland football final referee David Gough has voiced his support for introducing a television match official to the GAA.

Gough believes video technology would help referees make better and informed decisions during matches. The Meath official suggested using pitchside monitors and the two large screens at Croke Park to review incidents.

"It would be a great help to referees to be able to help review incidents on screens, on monitors at the half-way line or in Croke Park where we have the two large screens," the Slane clubman said in an interview with Sky Sports.

"Purely because the decisions are so vital and the teams are training so hard, we don't want to make the wrong decision, and we want to be best informed when making those decisions."

Many GAA players and managers have called for the introduction of video technology as seen in rugby (television match official) and soccer (video assistant referee). But Gough favours the rugby concept.

"I don't like the soccer aspect of it where the referee abdicates responsibility, and it goes to a studio miles away," he continued.

"I do like the idea that rugby has, where there is a TMO and there is a discussion, everyone can hear the discussion, watch the same replay and hear the referee talk through the process of what's happening and give the correct decision at the end."

 

 

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