Rory Grugan says Armagh are adapting to the three-handpass restriction, although he’s still unsure why it’s being trialled.

On the record as stating that the introduction of the contentious experimental rule, which prohibits a fourth successive handpass, would encourage cynical teams to defend deeper, the Orchard County playmaker points out that his side didn’t fall foul of the restriction during their defeat of Donegal on Sunday:

“The handpass, as far as I am aware we didn't get any penalties for it and that is the first time we haven't been penalised since they came in. We are starting to get used to it,” he told Thee Irish News.

“I suppose it's a case of counting it yourselves as the referees have enough to do and sometimes you kind of forget yourself and that's when we got caught out.

“Donegal maybe got caught out twice at the end when they were trying to break us down, they got done for four passes.

“It is more about trying to get used to it. I don't know if it cures the ills, I don't know what they are trying to fix but I suppose you have to give these things a bit more time.”

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