Cahair O’Kane: New rules incubating a sport whose environment was failing it
Galway’s slow, ponderous football last year would have earned them public humiliation if they’d been from Ulster. Twelve times in the All-Ireland final they kept the ball for more than a minute. Tyrone tried to play 2024 football in the Athletic Grounds on Saturday night and got ruthlessly punished by an Armagh team that ought to flourish in the new game.
Armagh flew at Tyrone on Saturday night. They had the ball moving in attack for eight minutes less than the Red Hands did, yet Kieran McGeeney's won by eight points. It was a blistering display that highlighted not only the potential of the rules, but the need to play explosive football. Picture: Oliver McVeigh