Play All-Ireland hurling and football finals by mid-July, GAA task force recommends

The updated report of the GAA’s fixtures calendar review task force has changed its position on a split-season model

The Sam Maguire and Liam MacCarthy cups. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The final and updated report of the GAA’s fixtures calendar review task force has recommended that from 2022 onward, the All-Ireland senior hurling and football finals be played no later than mid-July.

The playing of the All-Ireland finals one month earlier than is currently the case is a central tenet of the split-season model the task force is now in favour of adopting.