Rule changes passed but GAA open to further proposals

THE battle to extend the raft of experimental rules in football and hurling through to the National Leagues was won with Central Council’s backing on Saturday - but the war is far from over.

With a five-year hiatus on any further rule amendments coming into place after April’s Congress, further debate on the pros and cons of the changes is sure to follow. President, Sean Kelly has already urged GAA members to introduce further proposals in time for the association’s annual meeting. Clearly, nothing is yet set in stone.

“Every county board has the opportunity to put forward their own motions on the rule changes, apart from the two put forward by the sub-committee,” said Kelly. “The bigger the choice we have the better the chance we have of getting this right.”