Seán Moran: Fundamental GAA truth – the box office needs contests
Uncompetitive fixtures as big a turn-off as defensive football
Football Review Committee (FRC)
TV View: Liberation day for football championship as new rules kick in
Munster fans will have Saturday’s date tattooed in their memories forever following defeat of La Rochelle
‘There’s no control in games anymore’: Darragh Ó Sé, Dean Rock and Conor McManus chat about the 2025 All-Ireland
Donegal’s kickers, Kerry’s midfield, the unreasonable demands of a condensed season - our football columnists run the rule over the summer ahead
Jim Gavin defends managers’ reluctance to share data with Football Review Committee
'I do have some sympathy in terms of everybody getting comfortable with the integrity of the process'
Monaghan put their faith in Rory Beggan’s boot but Kerry know goals win games
Kevin McStay launches a feeble attack, new rules ready for the real test, and Croke Park fails to draw the masses
Seán Moran: GAA trying to bend century-old competitions into modern structures
It’s no mystery why football continues to travel to uncertain destinations
Maurice Deegan: When the pitches dry out, fast, kicking teams will open up defences for fun
New rules added to the drama of a crazy final weekend in the league
FRC’s rule adjustment results in less goalkeeper involvement in advanced areas
Tyrone’s Niall Morgan and Monaghan’s Rory Beggan continued to cause problems for opposition, but data shows most goalkeepers opted against joining play
Maurice Deegan: So far, so good and the new amendments will make football easier to referee
The adjusted 4v3 rule and allowance for inadvertent breaches also make club game more manageable
Seán Moran: Tale of two handpasses, as football embraces biggest change in decades
Football Review Committee proposals so far have not had an impact on hand-pass to kick-pass ratio ... but here’s hoping
Central Council use rule amendments to close goalkeeper loophole
All the Gaelic football rule changes were accepted and will be in use from this weekend
Red cards no surprise, curious pitch markings and everything we learned from the GAA weekend
Why Tipperary have a spring in their step; the curious case of the disappearing lines; how Down got their groove back
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
Unshackled from tradition, the GAA has made change the new normal
New rules for Gaelic football show what may be possible when we break from the status quo
Marty Morrissey gets an A+ in new football rules, even if some pundits aren’t yet sold
The second half of Galway and Armagh saw outstanding displays from the officials tasked with spotting when each side didn’t keep three men in their own halves
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