FRC reforms aim to defy history by altering course of football permanently
Previous think tanks developed good ideas but none sold the vision as convincingly. Can these new rules resuscitate a stagnating game?
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All-Ireland finalists Armagh and Galway to meet on opening Saturday of football league
Hurling finalists Clare and Cork open their campaigns agaisnt Kilkenny and Wexford
Ciarán Murphy: The FRC could be a good template for the renewal of hurling
Hurling is doing fine in its nine or 10 traditional counties but could there be a way to grow the appeal of the national game beyond the heartlands?
Mayo’s Pádraig O’Hora expected to join Cillian O’Connor in departing senior football panel
O’Connor has opted out of the Mayo set-up for next season
Dublin are now facing the hardest trick to pull off in sport: succession planning
Like the great Kerry and Kilkenny teams before them, Dublin now need a rebuilding period as the likes of McCarthy and Fenton bow out
Loss of Brian Fenton and Nickie Quaid will show Dublin and Limerick what ‘irreplaceable’ really looks like
Limerick and Dublin have lost linchpin players, and no amount of forward planning could have prepared them for it
Derry’s Rogers believes Rory Gallagher will return to intercounty management
Derry opted against bringing Gallagher back but Rogers believes his former boss will eventually return to the helm of an intercounty team
Niall Grimley expects All-Ireland title defenders Armagh will have ‘target on their back’ this season
Player tells of his ‘rollercoaster year’ following death of his brother and winning Sam Maguire Cup
Paddy Tally appointed as Derry manager for three-year term
Derry’s search for a new manager finally ends as Tyrone native ratified
Derry close in on appointing Paddy Tally as new senior football manager
Tyrone man has been a coach with the Kerry footballers for the last three seasons beside Jack O’Connor
Milltown and Galway turn out in force to honour Noel Tierney
The outstanding full back on Galway’s famed 1960's three-in-a-row side still commands a special place in the hearts of the Tribesmen
Clare take home six hurling All Stars at the end of a memorable year
Clare’s Shane O’Donnell and Galway’s Paul Conroy are named players of the year at awards ceremony
Football All Stars: Armagh lead the way as five counties represented in team of the year
Fourteen first-time recipients included in 2024 football team of the year
All Stars football team set to be studded with Armagh players
Clare expected to dominate the hurling selection
Darragh Ó Sé: Jim Gavin did a great sales pitch but referees set to be under pressure to make new rules work
What the FRC needed was for teams to misbehave — the rules will be properly tested only when used in competitive games
Malachy Clerkin: The new Gaelic football rules are fun but they need cynical teams to stress test them
The opening games under the FRC recommendations showcased some interesting possibilities but until there are league points on the line, nobody can truly assess the possibilities
Connacht’s rampage against Leinster not ideal conditions for rules trial
The Westerners were far too sharp for Leinster in the first competitive outing for the FRC rules
Michael Murphy: We set out to improve the chances of football being played well
By increasing the tempo and encouraging contests the new rules are aimed at making the game more enjoyable for everyone
Football Interprovincial Series: What time is it on, is it on TV and what are the rule changes?
The four provinces will play in a revival of the Railway Cup to showcase the FRC’s proposed rule changes
Jim Gavin says changes football review committee is proposing have potential to reinvigorate Gaelic football
Committee’s ‘rule enhancements’ will be trialled during next week’s one-off Railway Cup revival at Croke Park
James Horan: ‘I’d be cursing those who got rid of preseason competitions this year’
Former Mayo manager says football needs rule changes to avoid ‘another decade of fairly boring stuff’
GAA Football Review Committee deliberations to be put to the test
Croke Park interprovincial matches will have a critical influence on the prevailing mood towards the proposed rule changes
Ciarán Murphy: If the revolution will be televised, why not mic up the referee?
If the GAA's Football Review Committee wants a more entertaining spectacle, then referees and coaches should have microphones during the upcoming interprovincial games
Kevin McStay ready to go again as Mayo review finally produces green light
Manager under increasing pressure to deliver as county board take three months to analyse the outcome of the 2024 season
Champions Armagh lead the way in All-Stars nominations, with Barry McCambridge up for Footballer of the Year
Beaten finalists Galway have been recognised with eight nominations, with Paul Conroy and John Maher considered for Footballer of the Year
Armagh likely to lead the way for football All-Star nominations
The All-Star nominations for both codes will be revealed this week and are set to have some fresh faces in the mix for gongs
Seán Moran: Let’s hope Jim Gavin’s FRC isn’t the latest example of squandered expertise
For years the GAA has benefited from the work of highly qualified volunteers only to ignore their recommendations
Football Review Committee consider new ‘overtime showdown’ as alternative to penalty shoot-outs
New format could even serve as an extra-time option as chairman Jim Gavin says FRC is ‘on track’ to deliver rule changes on schedule
Central Council endorses All-Ireland replays and suspension of pre-season tournaments
Saturday’s meeting also decided to advocate no change for the football championship structure until 2026
Colm O’Rourke’s Meath exit a stark reminder of pitfalls in moving from punditry to management
As The Sunday Game panelist set sail as Meath manager, he had the tailwind of a nation’s worth of blowhards at his back
Provincial GAA officials still largely supportive of new fixture calendar
Sean Moran: GAA set to address compression of the football season by changing the All-Ireland group stages into knockout rounds
Seán Moran: Competing intercounty and club interests putting the split into split season
Seán Moran: There are arguments on both sides but the new GAA calendar has been fulfilling its purpose
Paul Conroy bides his time before making any big decision on his future
Galway’s FOTY candidate and Player of the Month Paul Conroy still coming to terms with the disappointment of All-Ireland final defeat
Seán Moran: Departure of Vinny Corey shows both strength and vulnerability of Monaghan
After two decades service, the outgoing manager deserves a rest but can the county’s exceptional performance be maintained?
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