Football Review Committee (FRC)

Tweaks by FRC to rules are minimalist, but likely to have a major impact

New 4v3 structure will address thorny issue of roaming goalkeepers creating overloads in attack

Ciarán Murphy: ‘Solo and f**kin’ go, will ye' - how the new football rules are landing in Junior B

The game is slightly better, slightly faster, slightly more vertical, and slightly more fun to play. And all those minor improvements add up to a major impact

Seán Moran: FRC steadies itself before submitting finalised rules for coming championship

Most of the changes are holding up well despite rising levels of criticism

FRC’s suggested adjustments to playing rules could be in play for next round of league

Jim Gavin says changes have been recommended and now go before Central Council for consideration

Alarm bells are ringing about GAA hooters - good thing there’s an easy solution

The contentious ending to last weekend’s Westmeath-Meath game exposed flaws in the system

Five Things We Learned from GAA Weekend: FRC have done a lot right but some rules need binning

Clare finally get motoring but is it too late?; Wexford a Model for promotion; Hurling must clamp down on head-high challenges

Restricting goalkeepers would help address excessive handpassing, says Paul Earley

FRC due to finalise rules for this year’s championship

Derry’s kick-out was demolished but pretending it was about who wanted it more won’t do them any good

Armagh’s kick-out variation against Mayo showed it doesn’t need to be such a lottery

GAA annual congress: Jarlath Burns confirms new streaming service GAA+

In-house service will replace GAAGo and will stream live games from the start of the championship

Tyrone’s Niall Morgan warns goalkeepers may quit if rule added to curb them pushing up

‘If they stop the goalkeeper from going forward altogether there’s going to be a number who’ll walk away’

Risk management is the rot in Gaelic football the FRC set out to treat

New rules that reward more exciting play are already having their impact on the game

Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Michael Murphy’s comeback grabs the headlines and Kerry have a Clifford conundrum

Donegal’s favourite son gets headstrong welcome back from Armagh captain

Malachy Clerkin: Most of the new football rules work well enough without allowing goalkeepers the run of the place

Gerrymandering the pitch so that the attacking team have an automatic overload is unfair and unnecessary

Seán Moran: Hurling may regard the FRC as an irrelevance but history suggests otherwise

Football has had most of the problems but its solutions have often been universal

Maurice Deegan: Referees benefit from rule changes as football gets faster

Speed of game means less contact and fewer stoppages, which reduces potential for incidents

Seán Moran: Impact of new rules already apparent despite inevitable teething problems

Salutary effect of stringent new ‘enhancements’ on dissent or abuse of referees can only make their jobs easier

Meath v Cavan to go ahead on Sunday despite scoreboard damage

Meath have sourced a mobile scoreboard from the county’s Centre of Excellence

Ó Curraoin revels in ‘unbelievable’ new rules after the dead hand of blanket defence

‘We’re blessed with kickers in Galway and we always were’

Maurice Deegan: An encouraging start for the football rules but a long road ahead

Weather didn’t help but referees and players deserve credit for how well week one went

Malachy Clerkin: Shane Walsh finds quirk in new rules to show FRC’s work is nowhere near done

It doesn’t feel like it makes sense that Armagh’s breach of the 3v3 should result in Walsh with a two-point free in front of the posts

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