Armagh’s All-Ireland winning captain Aidan Forker says he sees some tweaks that can be made within the Football Review Committee's new rules.

Forker and his Ulster team’s mates were victorious in last night’s Interprovincial Cup final against Connacht at Croke Park, defeating the western province 2-1 on penalties after an entertaining battle finished all square (2-23 to 4-15) after 60 minutes.

Speaking to RTE Sport afterwards, Forker stated that there were “probably a couple there you would tweak” when asked about the new rules, citing the four-point goal as one of the main things he would change.

"There are probably a couple you would tweak. I don't think you'll know much about it until it's properly coached and we get a bit of time at it for the league, if they do come in " - Armagh captain Aidan Forker's thoughts on playing under the proposed new rules #GAA pic.twitter.com/nwWNFLeVI5

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"I feel like the scores may be a bit heavily weighted to the goals," he said. "I think if you concede a point, it doesn't feel that heavy on you. If you concede a goal, the four points feels quite heavy.

"For me a 3, 2, 1 [three for a goal, two outside the arc, one for a point], would be nice.

"Four points for a goal, it can knock you. I think teams will set up to not concede goals, because if you concede two or three goals in a game, you're going to struggle to win the game.

"Managers will be quite wary of conceding goals, I think you'll be coached very much to try and negate goal chances.

"If you look at the stats, that 40-metre arc is probably a 50% zone at best. So, you may concede four or five of them, I don't think that's as worrying as conceding a goal."

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