Mickey Harte says the mark has had no bearing whatsoever on Tyrone's tactics.

Even though his team benefited from the new rule during their Ulster semi-final demolotion of Donegal, Harte insists it is not something he's seen fit to discuss with his players:

"The mark is there, so it be as it is, but I'm telling you for sure that I have never once mentioned the mark to our players," the Red Hands boss told The Irish News.

"So that's what I think about it and if it turns out to be valuable to us then we will take it but I'm not an advocate of it just because we happened to get five marks last week by Colm Cavanagh.

"The mark is taken into account now because there are longer kicks but that is not the reason why the kicks are going longer. It is probably more of a reaction to teams pushing up and pressing the kick outs than the mark itself."

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