Colm Keys: How Gaelic football’s new rules made it one of the best summers for years

The 2025 championship brought a bit of everything and was shaped by many strands – mainly a genius at work.

Andrew Murnin of Armagh in action against Shane O’Donnell of Donegal during the Ulster final – one of the games of the year. Photo: Sportsfile

This year’s championship ended on a very familiar soundtrack as Kerry collected a 39th All-Ireland title, one that will rank right up there among the sweetest in their priceless collection.

That it has been delivered in a year when new rules have transformed Gaelic football, under the most radical set of proposals ever, will compound their pleasure and enshrine the belief that ultimately it is Kerry who will always adapt to the game’s ways and means. History has shown that.

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