[6] If a foul has been committed the referee can allow play to continue for up to 5 seconds if he considers it to be to the advantage of the offended team.

[8] Matches The teams beaten in the Leinster and Munster quarter-finals and semi-finals of the provincial championships play each other.

[17] The beaten finalists in the Leinster and Munster championships play the winners of Round 2 in two "quarter-finals".

The panel consisting of Donal Óg Cusack, Henry Shefflin, Anthony Daly, Michael Duignan, Ger Loughnane, Liam Sheedy and Cyril Farrell unanimously selected Kilkenny's TJ Reid as the Sunday game player of the year.

Winning an award for the first time were Colm Callanan, Joey Holden, Daithi Burke, Tadhg de Burca, Cathal Mannion, Ger Aylward and Maurice Shanahan.