Playing rules to be trialled from next week
October 13, 2023
The Sam Maguire Cup at Croke Park ©INPHO/Bryan Keane
The GAA will trial alternative rules relating to the kick-out, free-kicks, sideline kicks and free kicks awarded for a mark in the Higher Education Freshers 1 Gaelic Football League which gets underway next week.
The proposed trial rule relating to the kick-out would require it to travel beyond the near 45-metre line before a team-mate of the goalkeeper who kicked it could play the ball.
The proposed rule relating to free-kicks, sideline kicks and free kicks awarded for a mark would prohibit players from kicking the ball backwards between the two 20-metre lines.
The GAA will also trial an alternative rule relating to the handpass in hurling during the Higher Education Freshers 1 Hurling League, which also commences next week.
This is the result of a close examination of the unlawful use of the handpass in hurling by the Standing Committee on Playing Rules.
TweetThe GAA’s Standing Committee on Playing Rules (SCPR) will next week commence trialling two alternative playing rules in the Higher Education Freshers 1 Gaelic Football League relating to kick-outs, free-kicks, and sideline kicks. #GAABelong
— The GAA (@officialgaa) October 11, 2023
