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Gaelic football is played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped goals at each end. The primary object is to score by kicking/striking the ball with your hand and getting it through the goals. The team with the highest score at the end of the match wins. Players advance the ball up the field with a combination of carrying, ''soloing'' (dropping and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands), kicking, and hand-passing to their team-mates. Gaelic football is one of four Gaelic Games run by the Gaelic Athletic Association , the largest and most popular organization in Ireland. It has strict rules on player Amateur ism and the pinnacle of the sport is the inter-county All-Ireland Football Final . The game is believed to have descended from ancient Irish football known as Caid which dates back to 1537, although the modern game took shape in 1887. RULES Playing field The grass pitch is rectangular, stretching 130–145 metres long and 80–90 metres wide. There are H-shaped goalposts at each end with a net on the bottom section. The same pitch is used for Hurling ; the GAA, which organizes both sports, decided this to facilitate dual usage. Lines are marked at distances of 13m, 20m and 45m from each end-line. Shorter pitches and smaller goals are used by under-14s 1. Duration All Gaelic football matches last for 60 minutes, divided into two halves of thirty minutes, with the exception of senior inter-county games which last for 70 minutes (two halves of 35 minutes). Draws are decided by replays or by playing 20 minutes of extra time (two halves of 10 minutes). Teams Teams consist of fifteen players (a goalkeeper, two corner backs, a full back, three half backs, two mid fielders, three half forwards, two corner forwards and a full forward) plus up to fifteen substitutes, of which five may be used. Each player is numbered 1–15, starting with the Goalkeeper , who must wear a different coloured jersey. Positions The ball The game is played with a round leather Football , similar to a Soccer ball, but heavier, and with horizontal stitching rather than the Hexagon and Pentagon panels often used on soccer balls, and similar in appearance to a standard Volleyball . It may be kicked or ''hand passed''. A hand pass is not a punch but rather a strike of the ball with the side of the closed fist, using the knuckle of the thumb. | ||
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