Christy O'Connor: Close encounters of the championship kind

The new rules have changed predictive scoring patterns and trends but Saturday’s meeting was another stress test to see if both Armagh and Galway are still as close as they have been - or if Armagh had moved ahead of the Connacht side.

TAKING FLIGHT: Cork’s Daniel O’Mahony gets airborne as he tries to win possession ahead of Roscommon’s Diarmuid Murtagh during Saturday’s All-Ireland SFC Round 3 match at Laois Hire O’Moore Park. Pic: Daire Brennan/Sportsfile

It can’t be any other way with Armagh and Galway

BEFORE last year’s All-Ireland final, all the betting companies and top GAA Performance Analysts were on the same predictive page.