Football Review Committee (FRC)

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

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