All-Ireland final fixtures tweak presents ‘a hell of a challenge’ for GAA

The All-Ireland hurling and football finals will be played on July 17th and 24th in 2022 which will present difficulties in terms of ticket distribution for Croke Park

Feargal McGill: ‘We are fairly sure we can get tickets distributed’. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Dealing with the decision to cut the gap between the two All-Ireland finals to one week will be “a hell of a challenge”, admits GAA director of club, player and games administration Feargal McGill.

On the basis of a fixtures review task force recommendation, the finals were supposed to be played on successive weekends in August this year. That was until Tyrone’s Covid outbreak delayed the football decider.