Tipperary find out Camogie schedule
By Shane Brophy
The revised fixtures for the 2020 Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Championships and the 2020 All-Ireland Under 16 Championships have been confirmed with the return of intercounty set to begin on the weekend of October 17th/18th.
Due to the rescheduling of fixtures because of the COVID-19 pandemic these competitions will this year take place from October until December with the Camogie calendar culminating with the Senior All-Ireland Championship Final in Croke Park on Saturday December 12th.
The Tipperary seniors will be in action on the opening weekend when they are away to Dublin before hosting Clare in round 2 the following weekend. There are just three teams in the group with the top two progressing to the quarter finals on 14/15 November.
The Tipperary intermediates won’t begin until October 31/November 1 when they travel to Carlow before hosting Antrim in round 2. However, just the group winners progress to the semi-finals on 21/22 November.
The Tipperary under 16’s begin away to Kilkenny on 17/18 October before hosting Clare two weeks later, with their final group game at home to Cork on 7/8 November. The semi-finals will take place on 14/15 November.
It has also been confirmed that the Trial Playing Rules which were initially implemented in this year’s National League competitions will remain in place for the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Championships with a slight amendment to Trial Playing Rule 3: Quick Puck-out. These Trial Playing Rules will not apply to the All-Ireland Under 16 Championships or any other competitions.
These Trial Playing Rules were approved following the work of the Rules Revision Working Group in 2019 who engaged with over 1,500 people to propose potential changes to the current playing rules.
The Trial Playing Rules are only being implemented in the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Championships at present and any decisions on the wider implementation of the various Trial Playing Rules will be made upon review of their impact following the conclusion of the All-Ireland Championships.
The six Trial Playing Rules being implemented in the 2020 Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Championships are:
Contact - A player may use minimal contact on an opponent’s body from side-on, once they are making a reasonable effort to gain possession of the sliotar.
Minimal contact is described as contact made while making a reasonable attempt to gain possession of the sliotar. Contact must not be made in an aggressive or cynical manner.
Penalty: Free from where foul occurred except as provided in Rules 11.2 – 11.12.
Persistent Foul - A player who is deemed to be persistently fouling another player in the first instance will be noted by the Referee. For any further infringement normal rules apply.
Quick Puck-out - To restart the game following a wide (Rule 9.5), the Referee will blow the whistle to signal a wide and from that point the sliotar is back in play and the goalkeeper is free to restart the game via a puck-out from the correct position. The Referee will have discretion to stop the play.
Free from the hand - A player may choose to take a quick free from their hand if they are fouled inside their own 45-metre line. Only the player that is fouled can take it from the hand and it is an indirect free.
Dropping the Hurley and Hand-pass Goal - Should a player deliberately drop their hurley then this will result in a free to the opposing team from where the foul occurred.
Any sliotar that is hand-passed directly into the net by an attacking player will be treated as a wide and therefore result in a puck-out.
Penalty/20-metre free - A penalty must be struck from on or outside the 20-metre line but not inside it. In addition, only one defending player may stand on the goal-line during a penalty and shall not move towards the 20-metre line before the sliotar has been struck.
Where any free is awarded on or near the 20-metre line, the free must be struck from on or outside the 20-metre line. No free/penalty may be struck from within the 20-metre line or within 20 metres of the goal.
Penalty: Free out to the opposing team where the infringement occurred.