A challenge game between Kildare and Galway highlighted the impact of the new Gaelic football rules, particularly the 'three-up' rule and the change to kickouts.
With the pre-season competitions parked for 2025, challenge game s offer the only opportunity for players, management, referees and the public to familiarise themselves with the new Gaelic football rules for now. To that end, Kildare and Galway played out an interesting duel at the revamped Cedral St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge, with the Connacht champions running out 2-18 to 0-17 winners in the end.
On the face of things, it was higher-scoring fare than would normally be the case, particularly at this time of year, but there are caveats. Read more: Martin O'Neill opens up on GAA dream of winning All-Ireland with Derry Read more: Tyrone football star details on-field abuse over studies into gender equality in GAA Galway, for example, hit six two-pointers so, in old money, their score would amount to 2-12. Indeed, while all of Kildare’s scores were one-pointers, three of them were handy tap-over frees on the back of Galway being penalised for breaching the new ‘three-up’ rule, so that’s 0-3 they wouldn’t have accrued under the old rules. Indeed, one of Galway’s two-pointers came after Kildare were pulled on the ‘three-up’, as Matthew Tierney opted to shoot from outside of the new scoring arc. So the scoreline was certainly bloated significantly by the new rules. But let’s take a look at some of the new rules individually and how they impacted on the game. Kickout With goalkeepers forced to kick beyond the 40m arc from the kickout, safe short options were scarce for Kildare’s Didier Cordonier and Conor Flaherty of Galway, both of whom were replaced during the game by Cormac Barker and Connor Gleeson respectively. It meant that goalkeepers at both ends, and perhaps Kildare particularly, went long more often, meaning more contests for possession in the middle third. Flaherty was more inclined to try his luck around the fringes of the 40m arc in the first half and paid the price early on when Kildare intercepted and Ryan Sinkey kicked their first point
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