Hawk-Eye shelved for football quarter-finals

The GAA has opted not to deploy Hawk-Eye for Sunday's All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals between Derry and Cork and Dublin and Mayo at Croke Park after a brief service outage in Saturday's clash between Monaghan and Armagh at HQ.

Monaghan, who ultimately advanced to the semi-finals of the competition after a dramatic penalty shootout, had a shot wide of the target at the Hill 16 end from Mícheál Bannigan, but umpires called for the tracking platform to make the final call.

However, Hawk-Eye failed to establish the flight of the ball, with a "data unavailable" message appearing before the shot was deemed wide by referee Conor Lane after a delay.

The company has attributed the glitch to "operator error" and a review of the matter has been scheduled for next week.

A statement from the GAA read: "During the Armagh v Monaghan game yesterday the Hawk-Eye score detection system returned a 'data unavailable' message. The GAA requested an explanation from Hawk-Eye who concluded that the message was a result of operator error.

"The GAA is happy that the system review confirmed the on-field decision by the referee taken at the time. However, the GAA has decided to stand down the use of the system today to allow Hawk-Eye to undertake a more thorough review in the coming week."

Last year, a point from Galway's Shane Walsh at the semi-finals stage against Derry went initially unrewarded despite the shot curling inside the post.

The score was added at the break by referee Brendan Cawley following video review.