10 ways to make Gaelic games even better

Such a pity. Such a wasted opportunity. Twenty of the 65 motions to be debated at GAA Congress on Saturday week are changes to the playing rules as proposed by clubs. They won’t be afforded another such opportunity until 2020.

Considering Maastricht and former referee Paddy Collins via his St Loman’s club are responsible for half of them, it’s a pretty dismal figure. Admittedly, the Hurling 2020 committee and the Football Review Committee two years ago will have addressed some concerns but does their relative silence mean the games are in rude health?

Have all necessary changes been made to football and hurling? Hardly.