Passing to the goalkeeper in Gaelic football may become a thing of the past after Special Congress in October, GAA president John Horan has revealed.

Donegal will not rush some of their more experienced campaigners back into action just yet as they bid to defend the Dr McKenna Cup that set them on their way to an Ulster title last year.

Tyrone legend Peter Canavan is fearful that any change to football’s playing rules would “make a fool of the game”.

Cork GAA secretary Frank Murphy has asked clubs to consider, for non-championship inter-county fixtures, a player being sin-binned, as opposed to sent off, when receiving a second yellow card.