Waterford football manager Paul Shankey believes the rule enhancements proposed by the Football Review Committee can breathe new life into Gaelic football.

The former Meath star, who is part of the Munster management for this weekend’s inter-provincial series at Croke Park which will test out the proposals, told gaa.ie: “There are three of them I like personally. Starting from the back, I like the ‘keeper kicking it beyond the 40. I think that will bring back the old traditionalist in everyone, the bit of a contest in the middle field and half backs winning breaking ball. I like that one.

“And then obviously then the structure of the three versus three, and finally the advanced mark inside the 20 where the forward can keep going and have a chance. Those three rules really complement each other, and they also then enhance the game I think considerably.

“They'd be my front runners, but all the rules are great and they're all trying to make football a more exciting spectacle.”

He added: “Gaelic football is a great game. You know, there were lots of bad games in my time as well. There's lots of bad games in every period of time. It's just that it's gone very structured and has lost that kind of element of risk maybe, the element of teams going for it.”

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