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More info × Group 28 Thank you for subscribing! We have more newsletters Show Me No thanks, close See our Privacy Notice It could be the dawn of a new era for Gaelic football at Croke Park as the proposed rules changes set to undergo trial by television. Chairperson of the Football Review Committee, Jim Gavin, today gave a presentation in Croke Park to update GAA media on the proposed rule enhancements his committee are considering. These rules been drawn up by Jim Gavin's Football Reviww Committee after an extensive consultative process that has seen the committee meet 31 times.
They also met with stakeholders such as the standing committee on playing rules, the provincial councils, the national referees committee, and county board chairpersons, and trial proposed rule enhancements in five ‘sand box’ matches. Read next: All-Ireland winner backs GAA rule change that punishes 'a******s of the game, like me' Read next: Ulster Club football heavyweights still standing tall as 2024 provincial series approaches RTE and TG4 will screen all four interprovincial games from Croke Park, with two on Friday and two on Saturday with the so-called seven ‘core enhancements’ to be trialed along with a raft of additional rules. These include restricting passes back to the goalkeeper, a 40 metre scoring arc come into play (two points for a score from outside the arc) and the rule where every team has to keep three players in the opposition half at all times.
What are the key new rule changes? The seven core enhancements proposed by the FRC Who is playing? Leinster take on Connacht while Munster face Ulster on Friday night. The two losing teams meet at Croke Park the next day before the winners also face off. Current Galway boss Joyce, who has led his county in two All-Ireland finals in the last three years, has been appointed Connacht manager.
Munster will be managed by Cork boss John Cleary, while current Fermanagh manager, Kieran Donnelly takes the Ulster reins. Dessie Dolan will take charge of Leinster, after stepping down as Westmeath manager. The Leinster squad is led by Dublin’s nine-time All-Ireland winning history makers James McCarthy and Stephen Cluxton with 11 counties represented for the boys in green.
Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton during the 2020 All-Ireland final at Croke Park. (Image: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy) Armagh’s All-Ireland winners have a strong presence in the Ulster ranks and are led by Paddy Burns, Oisín Conaty, Aidan Forker, and Rian and Oisín O’Neill. Connacht’s squad includes players from London and New York and is led by Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea and Galway’s Cillian McDaid.
Kerry’s experienced duo Tadhg Morley and Diarmuid O’Connor headline the Munster squad. Leinster 1 Stephen Cluxton, Dublin 2 Michael Bambrick, Carlow 3 Mark Barry, Laois 4 Sean Bugler, Dublin 5 Ciaran Byrne, Louth 6 Ray Connellan, Westmeath 7 Peter Cunningham, Offaly 8 Ciaran Downey, Louth 9 Ross Dunphy, Carlow 10 Kevin Feely, Kildare 11 Daniel Flynn, Kildare 12 Darren Gallagher, Longford 13 Dean Healy, Wicklow 14 Ryan Houlihan, Kildare 15 Brian Howard, Dublin 16 Killian Roche, Laois 17 Ronan Jones, Meath 18 Donal Keoghan, Meath 19 Ciaran Kilkenny, Dublin 20 Paul Kingston, Laois 21 Craig Lennon, Louth 22 James McCarthy, Dublin 23 Eoin Murchan, Dublin 24 Evan O'Carroll, Laois 25 Lee Pearson, Offaly 26 Eoin Porter, Wexford 27 Kevin Quinn, Wicklow 28 John Small, Dublin 29 Paddy Small, Dublin 30 Ronan Wallace, Westmeath Connacht 1 Connor Gleeson, Galway 2 Johnny McGrath, Galway 3 Brian Stack, Roscommon 4 Sean Mulkerrin, Galway 5 Cillian McDaid, Galway 6 John Daly, Galway 7 Eoghan McLoughlin, Mayo 8 Jack Carney, Mayo 9 John Maher, Galway 10 Matthew Tierney, Galway 11 Bob Touhy, Mayo 12 Enda Smith, Roscommon 13 Diarmuid Murtagh, Roscommon 14 Aidan O’Shea, Mayo 15 Daire Cregg, Roscommon 16 Conor Carroll, Roscommon 17 Ruaidhrí Fallon, Roscommon 18 Mark Diffley, Leitrim 19 Johnny Heaney, Galway 20 Shane Brosnan, New York 21 Ultan Harney, Roscommon 22 Barry McNulty, Leitrim 23 Conor Cox, Roscommon 24 Donie Smith, Roscommon 25 Ciaran Murtagh, Roscommon 26 Diarmuid Duffy, Mayo 27 Fergal Boland, Mayo 28 Pat Spillane, Sligo 29 Aidan McLoughlin, London 30 Liam Gallagher, London Standby Players 31 Paul Towey, Mayo 32 Keith Byrne, Leitrim 33 Shay Rafter, London 34 Eddie McGinness, Sligo 35 Cian Lally, Sligo 36 Joey Grace, New York 37 Shane Brosnan, New York 38 Daire Rooney, London Ulster 1 Niall Morgan, Tyrone 2 Diarmuid Baker, Derry 3 Mark Bradley, Tyrone 4 Paddy Burns, Armagh 5 Aidan Clarke, Tyrone 6 Oisin Conaty, Armagh 7 Padraig Faulkner, Cavan 8 Aidan Forker, Armagh 9 Niall Grimley, Armagh 10 Daniel Guiness, Down 11 Pat Havern, Down 12 Marc Jordan, Antrim 13 Conn Kilpatrick, Tyrone 14 Barry McBennett, Monaghan 15 Ronan McCaffrey, Fermanagh 16 Sean McNally, Fermanagh 17 Darren McCurry, Tyrone 18 Eoin McElholm, Tyrone 19 Joe McElroy, Armagh 20 Eoin McEvoy, Derry 21 Kieran McGeary, Tyrone 22 Peter McGrane, Armagh 23 Ross McQuillan, Armagh 24 Odhran Murdock, Down 25 Daire O Baoill, Donegal 26 Rian O Neill, Armagh 27 Oisin O Neill, Armagh 28 Gerry Smith, Cavan 29 Ciaran Thompson, Donegal 30 Niall Toner, Derry Armagh's Rian O'Neill (Image: ©INPHO/James Crombie) Standby Players 31 Frank Burns, Tyrone 32 Mick Byrne, Antrim 33 Joe Finnegan, Antrim 34 Jason Irwin, Monaghan 35 Jason McLoughlin, Cavan 36 Fionan O’Brien, Fermanagh Munster 1 Josh Ryan, Limerick 2 Darragh Brennan, Tipperary 3 Damien Bourke, Kerry 4 Darragh Cashman, Cork 5 Eoin Cleary, Clare 6 Jimmy Feehan, Tipperary 7 Aran Griffin, Clare 8 Emmet McMahon, Clare 9 Brian McNamara, Clare 10 Sean Meehan, Cork 11 Tadhg Morley, Kerry 12 James Naughton, Limerick 13 Danny Neville, Limerick 14 Colm O Callaghan, Cork 15 Diarmuid O Connor, Kerry 16 Chris Kelly, Cork 17 Conor O Currin, Waterford 18 Sean O Dea, Limerick 19 Donal O Sullivan, Kerry 20 Chris Og Jones, Cork 21 Dermot Ryan, Waterford 22 Maurice Shanley, Cork 23 Killian Spillane, Kerry 24 Mark Stokes, Tipperary 25 Alan Sweeney, Clare 26 Matty Taylor, Cork 27 Caomhin Walsh, Waterford 28 Tommy Walsh, Cork 29 Sean Walsh, Waterford 30 Paul Walsh, Cork When are the games on? The Munster Ulster game is at 8pm at Croke Park, Leinster face Connacht before that at 6pm. The two losing sides clash at 5.
30pm on Saturday back at Croke Park before the winners meet at 7.30pm. Are the games being televised? The two games on Friday will be live on TG4 and can also be watched on the TG4 Player.
On Saturday, the two games are available to watch on RTE and the RTE Player. Ticket info The games are not expected to come anywhere near a sell out and tickets are available from GAA.ie.
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