Fermanagh manager Rory Gallagher says he’s not a fan of some of the proposed experimental rule changes for Gaelic football.

Revealed on Tuesday, the proposed rule changes would be implemented as a trial during the 2019 Allianz Football Leagues if passed by Coiste Bainistíochta.

Speaking to the Irish Daily Mirror, Gallagher said that changing the handpass rule and forcing kickouts to travel beyond the ‘45’ would be “very drastic”.

“I would be very much against the restriction of the handpass. Anybody that’s in competitive sport is in it because they want to be as competitive as they can, they shouldn’t be penalised if they want to retain possession.

“If you’re going to lead to more kicking of the ball, it will lead to more collisions and physicality and one-on-one battles.

“It’s a 15-man sport that can be played any way, it doesn’t necessarily have to be one-on-one battles.

“If you’re forced to kick the ball as regularly as that, I think it will reward physically more powerful and bigger players.”

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