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It could be the dawn of a new era for Gaelic football at Croke Park as the proposed rules changes set to undergo trial by television.

These rules been drawn up by Jim Gavin's Football Review Committee after an extensive consultative process that has seen the committee meet 31 times. They also met with stakeholders such as the standing committee on playing rules, the provincial councils, the national referees committee, and county board chairpersons, and trial proposed rule enhancements in five ‘sand box’ matches.

RTE and TG4 will screen all four interprovincial games from Croke Park, with two on Friday and two on Saturday with the so-called seven ‘core enhancements’ to be trialed along with a raft of additional rules. Referees will also be mic'd up for the trial games.

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These include restricting passes back to the goalkeeper, a 40 metre scoring arc come into play (two points for a score from outside the arc) and the rule where every team has to keep three players in the opposition half at all times.

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Leinster take on Connacht while Munster face Ulster on Friday night. The two losing teams meet at Croke Park the next day before the winners also face off.

Current Galway boss Joyce, who has led his county in two All-Ireland finals in the last three years, has been appointed Connacht manager. Munster will be managed by Cork boss John Cleary, while current Fermanagh manager, Kieran Donnelly takes the Ulster reins. Dessie Dolan will take charge of Leinster, after stepping down as Westmeath manager.

The Leinster squad is led by Dublin’s nine-time All-Ireland winning history makers James McCarthy and Stephen Cluxton with 11 counties represented for the boys in green.

Dublin goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton during the 2020 All-Ireland final at Croke Park. (Image: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy)

Armagh’s All-Ireland winners have a strong presence in the Ulster ranks and are led by Paddy Burns, Oisín Conaty, Aidan Forker, and Rian and Oisín O’Neill.

Connacht’s squad includes players from London and New York and is led by Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea and Galway’s Cillian McDaid.

Kerry’s experienced duo Tadhg Morley and Diarmuid O’Connor headline the Munster squad.

Leinster

1 Stephen Cluxton, Dublin

2 Michael Bambrick, Carlow

3 Mark Barry, Laois

4 Sean Bugler, Dublin

5 Ciaran Byrne, Louth

6 Ray Connellan, Westmeath

7 Peter Cunningham, Offaly

8 Ciaran Downey, Louth

9 Ross Dunphy, Carlow

10 Kevin Feely, Kildare

11 Daniel Flynn, Kildare

12 Darren Gallagher, Longford

13 Dean Healy, Wicklow

14 Ryan Houlihan, Kildare

15 Brian Howard, Dublin

16 Killian Roche, Laois

17 Ronan Jones, Meath

18 Donal Keoghan, Meath

19 Ciaran Kilkenny, Dublin

20 Paul Kingston, Laois

21 Craig Lennon, Louth

22 James McCarthy, Dublin

23 Eoin Murchan, Dublin

24 Evan O'Carroll, Laois

25 Lee Pearson, Offaly

26 Eoin Porter, Wexford

27 Kevin Quinn, Wicklow

28 John Small, Dublin

29 Paddy Small, Dublin

30 Ronan Wallace, Westmeath

Connacht

1 Connor Gleeson, Galway

2 Johnny McGrath, Galway

3 Brian Stack, Roscommon

4 Sean Mulkerrin, Galway

5 Cillian McDaid, Galway

6 John Daly, Galway

7 Eoghan McLoughlin, Mayo

8 Jack Carney, Mayo

9 John Maher, Galway

10 Matthew Tierney, Galway

11 Bob Touhy, Mayo

12 Enda Smith, Roscommon

13 Diarmuid Murtagh, Roscommon

14 Aidan O’Shea, Mayo

15 Daire Cregg, Roscommon

16 Conor Carroll, Roscommon

17 Ruaidhrí Fallon, Roscommon

18 Mark Diffley, Leitrim

19 Johnny Heaney, Galway

20 Shane Brosnan, New York

21 Ultan Harney, Roscommon

22 Barry McNulty, Leitrim

23 Conor Cox, Roscommon

24 Donie Smith, Roscommon

25 Ciaran Murtagh, Roscommon

26 Diarmuid Duffy, Mayo

27 Fergal Boland, Mayo

28 Pat Spillane, Sligo

29 Aidan McLoughlin, London

30 Liam Gallagher, London

Standby Players

31 Paul Towey, Mayo

32 Keith Byrne, Leitrim

33 Shay Rafter, London

34 Eddie McGinness, Sligo

35 Cian Lally, Sligo

36 Joey Grace, New York

37 Shane Brosnan, New York

38 Daire Rooney, London

Ulster

1 Niall Morgan, Tyrone

2 Diarmuid Baker, Derry

3 Mark Bradley, Tyrone

4 Paddy Burns, Armagh

5 Aidan Clarke, Tyrone

6 Oisin Conaty, Armagh

7 Padraig Faulkner, Cavan

8 Aidan Forker, Armagh

9 Niall Grimley, Armagh

10 Daniel Guiness, Down

11 Pat Havern, Down

12 Marc Jordan, Antrim

13 Conn Kilpatrick, Tyrone

14 Barry McBennett, Monaghan

15 Ronan McCaffrey, Fermanagh

16 Sean McNally, Fermanagh

17 Darren McCurry, Tyrone

18 Eoin McElholm, Tyrone

19 Joe McElroy, Armagh

20 Eoin McEvoy, Derry

21 Kieran McGeary, Tyrone

22 Peter McGrane, Armagh

23 Ross McQuillan, Armagh

24 Odhran Murdock, Down

25 Daire O Baoill, Donegal

26 Rian O Neill, Armagh

27 Oisin O Neill, Armagh

28 Gerry Smith, Cavan

29 Ciaran Thompson, Donegal

30 Niall Toner, Derry

Armagh's Rian O'Neill (Image: ©INPHO/James Crombie)

Standby Players

31 Frank Burns, Tyrone

32 Mick Byrne, Antrim

33 Joe Finnegan, Antrim

34 Jason Irwin, Monaghan

35 Jason McLoughlin, Cavan

36 Fionan O’Brien, Fermanagh

2 Darragh Brennan, Tipperary

3 Damien Bourke, Kerry

4 Darragh Cashman, Cork

5 Eoin Cleary, Clare

6 Jimmy Feehan, Tipperary

7 Aran Griffin, Clare

8 Emmet McMahon, Clare

9 Brian McNamara, Clare

10 Sean Meehan, Cork

11 Tadhg Morley, Kerry

12 James Naughton, Limerick

13 Danny Neville, Limerick

14 Colm O Callaghan, Cork

15 Diarmuid O Connor, Kerry

16 Chris Kelly, Cork

17 Conor O Currin, Waterford

18 Sean O Dea, Limerick

19 Donal O Sullivan, Kerry

20 Chris Og Jones, Cork

21 Dermot Ryan, Waterford

22 Maurice Shanley, Cork

23 Killian Spillane, Kerry

24 Mark Stokes, Tipperary

25 Alan Sweeney, Clare

26 Matty Taylor, Cork

27 Caomhin Walsh, Waterford

28 Tommy Walsh, Cork

29 Sean Walsh, Waterford

30 Paul Walsh, Cork

When are the games on?

The Munster Ulster game is at 8pm at Croke Park, Leinster face Connacht before that at 6pm.

The two losing sides clash at 5.30pm on Saturday back at Croke Park before the winners meet at 7.30pm.

Are the games being televised?

The two games on Friday will be live on TG4 and can also be watched on the TG4 Player. On Saturday, the two games are available to watch on RTE and the RTE Player.

Ticket info

The games are not expected to come anywhere near a sell out and tickets are available from GAA.ie.

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