Tight All-Ireland schedule sees 36 games run risk of Covid forfeit

Only games outside All-Ireland semi-finals and finals where the winners or losers aren’t playing again the following weekend can be refixed

Only 11 of the 47 All-Ireland senior championships fixtures can be rescheduled for Covid reasons. Aside from the special dispensation that is to be afforded to the six All-Ireland football and hurling semi-finals and finals, just five provincial matches can be postponed. Otherwise, the games will be forfeited.

Due to the tight schedule of the competitions, the possibility of walkovers in the event a team is struck down by several Covid cases can’t be ruled out. The GAA are to deploy a rapid testing system so as to ensure the safety of players and games being able to take place. Already, the Armagh, Donegal, and Fermanagh camps have experienced positive tests.