Anton Tohill plays a great pass inside and Paul Cassidy fires over. Kerry's kickout from Shane Ryan only finds Shane McGuigan, who is fouled, but the Slaughtneil ace fires over to tie the game. Cormac Murphy does well to win a free and Niall Toner converts to tie the game once again with 12 minutes gone. Kerry hit back with a goal after Paudie Clifford darts inside and passes to Conor Geaney who side-steps his man and fires into the net after five minutes.
Brendan Rogers scored the only two-pointer for Derry against Tyrone last weekend and he has the first two-pointer of this afternoon's game. The new playing rules came into effect last weekend as the Allianz Football League got under way. The seven key rule changes are outlined below, but the penalties for breaking the new rules may well provide the major talking points around the grounds this weekend. Just two midfielders, one from each team, will contest throw-ins at the start of each half.
The other two midfielders will stand on opposite sidelines. This rule is an attempt to halt fouling by midfielders and the grappling that can occur between opposition players at throw-in. Kickouts must now travel past the new metre scoring arc otherwise it will be a free against the team taking the kickout from the place of the foul. However, opposition players can intercept the ball inside the metre arc. Players no longer need to be outside of the metre line before the ball is kicked, but the players must still be 13 metres from the kickout.
In addition to the new kickout rules, players can only pass the ball back to their goalkeeper if they are both inside the large rectangle of their own goal and the ball was played in by an opposing player or once the goalkeeper has crossed the halfway line to support an attack.
The new metre arc will be lined out on pitches around the country this week. As stated above, all kickouts must go beyond the metre arc and teams will now be awarded two points for scores from outside the arc, provided the ball travels over the bar without touching a player on either team.
