We may just have seen the future of settling GAA draws with crazy semi-final shootout

How's your free taking?

The GAA is bigger than ever and with Irish people living in all corners of the globe the game is spreading. As the man says, you can take the boy out of Ireland but you can't take the Ireland out of the boy. Well, with a heap of lads over in Canada there is a lot of GAA being played. Toronto is one of the hot spots and there are five teams that compete in their championship. The Toronto Championship has five teams with four of them competing in the semi-final and when one of the games went to extra time after drawing there was a bizarre ending. Toronto Gaels were knocked out of the competition at the hands of St.Vincent's but after a drawn game after extra time the crunch tie was decided by a free taking shootout from the 45. We're not sure exactly what the rule book entails over that side of the Atlantic but there is a little bit of sense in what was decided. Earlier on in the year, the GAA decided that certain games could be decided by a free taking competition in order to condense the GAA calendar. Back in Ireland, the format can be used in the hurling league semi-finals, as well as the under 17 and under 20 Championships. As per the GAA, the rule is as followed.