Kickout mark rule changed ahead of weekend's games
Kickout mark rule changed ahead of weekend's games June 18, 2025 
Tyrone's Conn Kilpatrick and Rian O'Neill of Armagh contest the high ball. ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo.
The controversial kickout mark rule has been changed following a vote taken by Central Council.
The Football Review Committee's (FRC) proposal to remove the 50-metre penalty for a player impeding a kickout mark and amend it to a free from where the offence takes place was passed by 38 votes to one. The change will be implemented immediately, meaning it will be in operation for this weekend's All-Ireland SFC preliminary quarter-finals and Tailteann Cup semi-finals.
The 50-metre penalty had been criticised by several managers, including Kerry's Jack O'Connor who described it as 'ridiculous' after his side's recent All-Ireland SFC round-robin game against Cork in SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
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