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Published 15:45 26 Aug 2017 BST
You would think that with the introduction of the mark at the beginning of the year, teams would be more inclined to target their big men in the middle of the field, but it's all to rare we see them going short.
The rule is that a kickout can travel 13mts without being touched by an opposing player, which has lead to goalkeepers kicking laterally and inviting their defenders to retreat to collect it.
Nobody could quite believe what they had seen, but it surely ignites the debate on whether the kick-out should have to go long in order to prevent this excessively cautious possession based approach.
That's what the half time talk was all about.
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Mayo went into the half-time break leading by five on a scoreline of 1-08 to 0-05.
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