GAA president Christy Cooney has indicated that video technology will not be adopted next year, despite the high number of refereeing errors in this year's championships.

The British-based company Hawk-Eye met with Croke Park officials last week and Cooney is due to meet the GAA research committee chairman Sean Donnelly for a review of the situation next month.

"Generally, as it stands at the moment, the CCCC have ruled out the use of technology. I have expressed my own opinion on it; I think there is very little wrong with what is going on," he said.

"The policy at the moment of the association is that we are not introducing any technology within our games. That is not to say that we won't continue to look at things going forward in the future.

"If there is something that can be of assistance or a help to us . . . Hawk-Eye is one option, this netting (behind the goal posts) is another option."

Cooney conceded this year's errors have proved costly and even referred to Joe Sheridan's blatantly illegal goal that decided the Leinster football final and Benny Coulter's square-ball goal that proved crucial in Down's All-Ireland semi-final victory over Kildare.

"(Using technology) has to be a perfect fit in my view and I am not too sure that can be achieved, but let's see what happens," he continued.

"We've got to decide, where do you start and where do you finish with the technology. Is it frees? Is it square goals? Is it yellow cards or red? How much time does it take? How many calls do you make in a match? Is it points? Where do you start and where do you stop?

"I've said this before; our games are built on passion. Our games are about the continuous flow of the game. The last thing I want is a lot of stoppages. It doesn't do anything to help us.

"At the end of the day, the onus or responsibility for making decisions rests with our referees and that will never change. It has to be that way. One person can only make the final decision. The referee has the authority and can consult with his six officials.

"Rugby officials only look at the try - they don't look at forward hand-passing. We are talking about a totally different game. I don't think we need any change. What happens are rare enough, of course, when they happen they create a big furore. In sport, you are lucky some days, unlucky on other days. Ninety nine per cent of our players will roll with it." Tweet

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