Donegal boss Declan Bonner branded the new experimental rules for football “a waste of time” following his team’s victory over Queen’s University yesterday.

The Tir Chonaill men were comfortable throughout their 0-21 to 0-11 win over the Belfast students in Ballybofey in the opening round of the Dr McKenna Cup afterwards.

Speaking to the Irish Independent afterwards, the winning manager said he was not impressed by the new rules and suggested they were a reason why no goals were registered at MacCumhaill Park over the 70 minutes.

"It's such a waste of time," Bonner stated. "It's crazy. I don't know how ten men can sit around a table and decide the three handpasses rule.

"There were no goals in the game and I think that's one of the reasons. Normally we'd have men coming off the shoulder to finish it off.

“The new rule makes it very difficult. The boys are very wary and this is doing nothing for the game.

"There was confusion with the mark, too. The first ball that went in, some fella (Queen's Kieran Hughes) caught the ball around our square, the next thing the referee blew the whistle and, f*** me, where are we going?

"They can't have much to do."

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