We now know the shape of the changes to the gaelic football rules that will be voted on at the end of next month in a special GAA Congress at Croke Park.
Following on from the work of the football review group, the test matches and the Allianz Interprovincial games that took place at the stadium last week, the changes including two points for a point from outside the new arc on the pitch, maintaining three players in each half at all times and restrictions on passes back to goalkeepers will be voted on but with a number of changes to the games we have seen in the trial.
The value of a goal is to remain at three points, as opposed to four in the trial.
The value of a point scored from a ‘45’ metre kick to be worth one point
The indication of a two-point score for a point scored from play or a free kicked, on or outside, the 40-metre arc to be the waving of an orange flag by umpires on the signal from the referee of raising two hands in the air.
To deliberately hold up an opposing player to be a black card offence and amended to read: To prevent or restrict, or to attempt to prevent or restrict, an opponent from moving or from playing the ball, by holding up an opponent.
The penalty for a goalkeeper receiving a pass outside of the agreed rules will be from the position the goalkeeper received the pass: A
a free kick from the position the goalkeeper receives the pass, or if the goalkeeper is inside the 13m line (whether the player making the pass is inside the small rectangle or not) when in receipt of the pass, the free will be from the 13m line opposite where the foul occurred.
A proposal to rescind the motion to postpone the January pre-season competitions for 2025 was defeated, meaning they will not now take place in 2025, causing some concern for finances at the Provincial Boards.
It was also agreed to rename the Allianz Football League Division 1 trophy as Corn Mhíchíl Uí Mhuircheartaigh in honour of the late RTÉ Gaelic games broadcaster, a move that will have no opposition.
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