Proposed format change would 'bring more bite' to Sam Maguire, insists Kelly 

Darragh Canavan of Tyrone in action against Daniel O' Mahony of Cork during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 3 match last summer. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Although in favour of the new All-Ireland SFC format that will go before Congress this weekend, former GAA president Seán Kelly believes the full potential of the current structure was never realised.

The motion to shake-up the race for Sam Maguire will see the current group format abandoned, to be replaced by three rounds of action before the All-Ireland quarter-finals are arrived at, two of which will be knockout.