In the early 2000s the GAA came under pressure to allow non-Gaelic games be played in Croke Park so that the Football Association of Ireland could be joint hosts of Euro 2008.
[7] The Rule was finally modified in 2005 to allow the playing of association football and rugby union in Croke Park only while Lansdowne Road was being redeveloped.
[17]The 2005 amendment added the sentence: Central Council shall have the power to authorise the use of Croke Park for games, other than those controlled by the Association, during a temporary period when Lansdowne Road Football Ground is closed for the proposed development.
[18] The following match against England generated some controversy, since it involved the playing of "God Save the Queen" at a ground where British soldiers had killed fourteen spectators on Bloody Sunday, 1920.
[21][22][23] In early February 2009, with possibility of an all Irish semi-final in the 2008–09 Heineken Cup, the GAA confirmed that club rugby would also be allowed under the relaxing of Rule 42.