Armagh's Aimee Mackin only got a brief taste of the new rules but believes they will speed up women's Gaelic football and make it a more exciting spectacle.
Mackin was back in action with the Orchard County after her missing out for most of the last two seasons.
The 28-year-old moved to Melbourne in 2023 to play alongside sister Blaithin in the AFLW.
She suffered a second ACL injury in May 2024 and made a long-awaited full return to action in Saturday's Lidl National Football League Division 1 victory over Kerry in which she scored four points.
The Ladies Gaelic Football Association are currently trialling a number of new rules, many of which have been used to great success in the men's game.
Among the new laws are the 'solo and go', more contact allowed in the tackle and keeping three players in the opposition half.
Speaking at the launch of the Kellogg's GAA Cúl Camps, Mackin was enthused by the new shape of the game.
"Yeah, there's a difference I've noticed in the game," said the three-time All-Star forward.
"There's probably a lot of player-on-player, one v one battles, which is exciting.
"And then obviously the 'solo and go', I think is massive. It just speeds up the game.
"That's probably the biggest takeaway from the difference in playing with the rules and without the rules.
"And just out and about talking to people from watching the games, they're saying that it's a lot more exciting.
"So that can only add to the occasion and only grow the sport. Probably the skill level is going to increase just with the one v one, forwards against defenders.
"So the art of defending is probably back with [those] battles.
"It just adds to the excitement of the game and that can only bring on attendances a match or views for people watching.
"That's how you grow up playing.
"Because the three-up, there's still 12 people back. So if you move the ball fast enough, you can isolate your one v ones. It's still probably similar in terms of that breaking down a defence as well.
"I think it'll add to the sport and just develop us and make us probably faster as well because the game is so fast so naturally you have to think on your feet a lot quicker to catch teams off guard."
While Mackin has never been afraid to dip her toe into other sports - she represented Northern Ireland in soccer at underage and senior levels, and played in the ALFW, rugby is not something that's on her radar and was unaware that the IRFU are holding combines around the country to identify athletes with cross-over potential.
"I've never considered playing rugby," said the 2020 Player of the Year.
"Obviously we follow it naturally because we watch a lot of sports but no, it probably wouldn't be an area I'd look into too much.
"I grew up playing soccer and then got the opportunity to go to Australia.
"The way that Australia worked out, it allowed me to still play for my county so naturally that was just something that sort of draws you in.
"The way that worked was probably an easier way to try a new sport."
For now, Mackin has no plans to return to Australia and wants to push on with Armagh, who reached the All-Ireland semi-finals last season.
She says the examples of Kerry and Meath, who hijacked Cork and Dublin's domination of the Brendan Martin Cup between 2005 and 2020, provides inspiration for teams like Armagh to take the next step.
"When you're watching the All-Ireland finals, you're envious of the girls that are playing for their county and representing them," said the Shane O'Neill's clubwoman.
"It's very tight at the top.
"We can see it in the league this year, with the round of fixtures and how competitive it is. And then adding to the new rules as well, it's maybe making it more exciting, unpredictable to know who's going to come out on top.
"I think it leads into a nice, exciting summer when you've seen how the league campaign has been going and how tight it is at the top of the league.
"It's hard to know [exactly where Armagh are].
"You can't look back on what happened previously. I think it's a new year with new girls coming in and more experienced girls still there.
"Our motto is develop game on game and each training you're trying to look to improve.
"So at the minute we've been doing that in the league, we probably have been performing OK, but we are still sort of in a relegation battle.
"We know the challenges that are going to be ahead come the Championship and the teams that we're going to come up against are just as good as any other team.
"On our day, we just look forward to it and try to perform at our best and you just see where that takes you."
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