Arena with Maurice Brosnan

Arena with Maurice Brosnan: Why are we looking at more Gaelic football rule changes?

Arena with Maurice Brosnan

Show Notes

On this week’s episode of Arena, a podcast from the Irish Examiner, Maurice Brosnan reports from Croke Park where the Expert Advisory Group held a media briefing about the upcoming rule trials.

Gaelic football just enjoyed one of its greatest championships of all time. Why are we looking at further change? We hear from Kevin McStay, the head of the EAG, about what they are trying to do and why he is asking for people to be patient.

There are nine suggested proposals that will be trialled in the college games next month. We run through all of them in detail on the show.#

You can read the report from today’s press conference here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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