Former Kerry football manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice says that the inter-county game next season “should be some spectacle” if the proposed adjustments to the new rules are given the green light at Special Congress this weekend.

The Football Review Committee (FRC) has recommended a number of tweaks to their suite of new rules, with the most notable being around two-point scores.

Votes are set to be taken on the introduction of the rules on a permanent basis and it seems the proposals set to come from the FRC are unlikely to be rebuffed.

Speaking to RTE Sport, FRC member Fitzmaurice stated: " We are optimistic, but this time last year, any of the rookies and the newbies in this committee, like myself, were warned that you never take anything for granted going into Congress votes.

"It's like preparing for a match where we're happy with the way the preparations have gone, but the match is on tomorrow now, and we have to see the way the delegates will vote and ultimately they'll make the final decision."

"There's a couple of minor tweaks. There are 19 recommendations as part of our final report.

"Some of those are very important, but we felt we had a season to robustly test rules and we hadn't tested some of those proposals - even though they're interesting and they would add to the game."

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