Mayo star Aidan O’Shea says the FRC’s rule enhancements have brought about “a positive change” to the game of Gaelic football.

Speaking ahead of Mayo’s Allianz League Division 1 final meeting with Kerry at Croke Park on Sunday (4pm), O’Shea talked up the new rules and the impact they’ve had thus far after seven rounds of the league. 

"I think there's an appreciation out there that something probably had to change a little bit in terms of the game. Definitely there's been a positive change to the game. From a spectator perspective, the games are much more easy on the eye to watch,” the Breaffy clubman told GAA.ie.

"I think it brings back some of the old traditions of the game in terms of the kick-out, some contests and the three-up rule obviously gives you that opportunity - not that all teams are taking it - to kick the ball a little bit more.

"There have been different criticisms and there's probably a bit of fatigue around talking about them. I think probably the criticism around it was teams just wanted the rules set in stone so we could go and trash them out and play away.

"But I think that's the key thing that happened after round five. We were all waiting for that time to just kind of go, 'Right, these are the rules for 2025 and let's go after it'. I think players and teams and managers are quite adaptable.

"Once we knew the rules, we were going to adapt to them pretty quickly anyway. As a spectacle, it's garnered a bit of interest. I think people are kind of watching games a bit more and going to them.”

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