Galway manager Padraic Joyce is in no doubt that the newly-implemented rules will lead to more attacking football.

Joyce, who was over Connacht in last October’s inter-provincial series where the rules got their first airing, told reporters after Galway’s challenge match win over Kildare in Newbridge at the weekend: “It’s nearly gone completely attacking football.

“It’s become a kick-out game and a possession-based game and if you commit turnovers, you’re going to be hammered on the far side so it’s huge not to give the ball away cheaply if you can at all, that’s the big thing.

“Look, it’s a kicking game and it’s great to see. The game is called football and if we’re going to go back to that, we won’t complain.

“When you turn the ball over in your own half-back line and win it back, leaving you to counter-attack up the pitch, you have three up top, maybe a three of yours versus four of theirs situation, so you should be getting the ball up there straight away.”

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