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The report of the GAA's Amateur Status Review Committee will be presented to Saturday's Central Council meeting in Croke Park. The meeting, however, will be held in camera and the recommendations of the report are unlikely to be revealed in full.

The Review Committee was formed in secret last October at the request of GAA president Sean McCague to re-examine certain areas of the Amateur Status Report. Although the full make-up of the committee has been kept from the public arena, it is known that they held their final meeting on Tuesday night and have agreed several recommendations aimed at improving player welfare while keeping within the amateur code.