The Kildare County Board has decided to await the outcome of Saturday's Central Council meeting before deciding any further action, if any, in regards to the substitute controversy arising from last Sunday's Leinster SFC clash with Offaly.
A statement released by the board revealed that a special meeting of the board last night was unanimous in the view that Offaly had broken Rule 113 (b).
The board has also insisted that Kildare were invited to attend a meeting convened by the Leinster Council's GAC.
The board said that the GAC had sought their views and they accepted the invitation after 'careful consideration'.
It said Kildare has paid a 'heavy price' for such situations in the past, highlighting the NFL game with Sligo in 2002 and Leinster SHC match with Westmeath in 2004.
They also recalled the incident when Na Fianna used six subs against Sarsfields in 2001, resulting in the Dublin club having to forfeit the game. The Newbridge club offered their opponents a replay.
The statement said that this decision was 'much to the benefit of the game as a whole', which would indicate that they would happy for the game to be replayed.
Kildare were convincingly beaten 3-09 to 0-15 in Sunday's game at Croke Park, but Offaly are accused of bringing on a sixth substitute in the last minute.
The Faithful may argue that - if proven - the extra substitute, coming as late as it did, gave them no real advantage.
However, the Lilywhites will point to the fact that they played the last ten minutes with only 14 men, as they had used their allotted five replacements before Karl Ennis was forced to leave the field through injury.
