Managers meet to discuss new rules

LAST NIGHT, hurling and football managers from across the country met with GAA officials in Croke Park to discuss the effectiveness, or otherwise, of the latest batch of experimental rules.

Approved by Central Council, the new regulations haven’t raised temperatures to the extent that recent disciplinary changes managed to, but it remains to be seen which, if any, are given the thumbs up at April’s Annual Congress.

The changes have been more radical in football. The introduction of a mark for a clean catch between the two 45m lines from kick-outs and the tighter regulation of the hand pass are the standouts.