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Disciplinary decisions: As if the last round of the National Football League wasn't intriguing enough the GAA's Games Administration Committee has added a further edge by deferring a final resolution to the long-running controversy surrounding the Kildare-Sligo game of February 9th. Any decision to replay the game will be made after Sunday's round of matches, where Kildare and Sligo still face a relegation battle.

Although Kildare originally beat Sligo, they subsequently lost the two points for failing to provide a proper team sheet to the match referee. At the time the GAC had no option but to award the points to Sligo as Kildare had clearly breached Rule 109 (b), the penalty for which is forfeiture of the game.