GOUGH: CHANGES WORKING

LEADING football referee David Gough has heaped praise on the new rules, saying they have brought a “happy atmosphere” to matches.

- BY PAT NOLAN

It's something of an about-turn by the Meath official, who was vocal in his criticism of the swathe of rules changes when they were passing through Special Congress in November and again at the outset of the Allianz League in January.

Gough said that he was “horrified” at how the rules were written and said that “to bring in 49 rule changes was astonishing”.