The long and the short of it: how Galway kick on with new rules will tell us plenty 

With more space available to exploit as a result, Galway will be incentivised to kick earlier and more often into their attack.

KICKING GAME: With more space available to exploit as a result, Galway will be incentivised to kick earlier and more often into their attack. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

In only a slightly alternate reality, Galway would head to Newbridge to play Kildare this Saturday evening as All-Ireland champions.

Had the new two-point arc been in place for last July's All-Ireland final, Galway, and not Armagh, would have won that game.