GAA to stage Congress in October to change hurling format

A Special Congress to alter the format of the All-Ireland senior hurling championship in time for next year is strongly mooted to take place this October.

It had initially been expected that any proposed changes to the competition would be put forward to Congress next February.

These would address Galway’s lack of home games in Leinster as well the scant number of hurling championship matches at the height of summer 2018 in the wake of the GAA’s decision to back Gaelic football’s ‘Super 8’ series.