The GAA have confirmed that the SMART Sliotar will be used for the 2023 senior inter county playing season, beginning with this weekend’s league games.
This new technology was successfully trialed in last year’s U20 hurling championship.
The new chip technology will help ensure that sliotars perform consistently and in line with the GAA’s standards.
A chip is embedded into the sliotar which can then allow it to be verified as an official match ball by scanning it with a mobile phone app.