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The new era will throw in this weekend. 

The GAA Football Review Committee members, back row, from left, James Horan, Michael Meaney, Eamonn Fitzmaurice, Patrick Doherty, Shane Flanagan, Malachy O'Rourke and Alec McQuillan, front row, from left, Colm Nally, Michael Murphy, Colm Collins, chairperson Jim Gavin, and Seamus Kenny after a briefing at Croke Park Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

At last week’s Football Review Committee (FRC) briefing to the Sports Law Bar Association of Ireland, the body’s chairman Jim Gavin revealed he would be attending the Leitrim-Laois Division 4 game in Ballinamore this Saturday.

Why? Throwing in at 2.30pm, it’s the very first competitive game under the new rules. He may have time to fit in another game that day, be it in Omagh or Croke Park, but he feels it is important to effectively smash the champagne glass on the good ship FRC.