The GAA say that a problem experienced with Hawkeye during Saturday's All-Ireland football semi-final between Derry and Galway was caused by a "combination of unrelated issues, including minor hardware failures".
Late in the first half of Galway's victory over the Ulster champions, a Shane Walsh 45 was wrongly called as wide by the HawkEye system. That erroneous call was later rectified by referee Brendan Cawley, and Galway were awarded the score ahead of the second half.
HawkEye was subsequently stood down for the second All-Ireland football semi-final of the weekend between Dublin and Kerry.
The GAA add that HawkEye has furnished the association with a report, and say that there have been "no historical issues with the system", and that "the problems experienced relate to last Saturday only and specifically to the Hill 16 end goal for that specific moment in time". That would suggest that the system was working correctly for a Conor Glass effort after 17 minutes which Hawkeye called as wide, but looked close to being a legitimate score.
A full test is being conducted this week, and a decision whether it will be in operation for this weekend's All-Ireland hurling final will be then be made.
9 July 2022; Shane Walsh of Galway kicks a free, in the 38th minute, that was initially allowed, then disallowed and was again awarded following a review of HawkEye at half time during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final match between Derry and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile
GAA statement on HawkEye issues
"The GAA can confirm that a full report into the issues relating to problems with the score detection technology in use in Croke Park last weekend has been received from Hawk-Eye.
"A combination of unrelated issues, including minor hardware failures, led to an erroneous finding for a score towards the end of the first half of the first GAA Football semi-final, which was promptly queried by match officials who subsequently took the decision to award the score.
"Full end to end testing of the system will take place this week, after which a final decision will be made as to the deployment of the system for Sunday’s GAA Hurling Final.
"Hawk-Eye have also confirmed that there were no historical issues with the system and that the problems experienced relate to last Saturday only and specifically to the Hill 16 end goal for that specific moment in time.
"The GAA is to undertake a full review of its own protocols relating to when and how the system should be stood down if similar challenges are to arise in the future."
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