GAA chiefs set to discuss experimental football rules this week

The standing playing rules committee meet this week to finalise which of the experimental Gaelic football rules will be voted on at next month’s Special Congress in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The David Hassan-chaired body will analyse data from the Allianz Leagues in which four rules were tested — all kick-outs must be taken from the 20m line, all sideline kicks must be sent forward, a 10-minute sin bin for black cards and a mark inside each 45m providing it is caught cleanly from a kick 20 or more metres from outside the 45m.