Inside Track with John McIntyre

YOU’D never have seen the like of it before – a Gaelic football inter-county team changing their goalkeeper at half-time despite leading by 0-17 to 0-1. But it’s one of the revolutionary things happening under the new rules in the current National League campaign.

That scenario unfolded in horrible conditions at Pearse Stadium last Sunday. The Galway management were thinking outside the box in relation to the goalkeeping position as Conor Flaherty and Connor Gleeson shared the number one duties between the posts.

The previous weekend in Celtic Park, Gleeson didn’t look comfortable in scoring positions during his regular advances up the field and that led to Padraic Joyce biting the bullet........

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