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The GAA is determined that this year’s remaining Allianz Leagues matches will take place as scheduled despite speculation that the competition could be postponed following the wide spread of Covid-19.
And both the U-17 and U-20 championships will continue as well, and the GAA Management Committee will give a final sanction to those championships later tonight.
All these proposals and recommendations will be made to the Management Committee.
RTÉ Sport understands that the outstanding series of League matches will mark the resumption of the inter-county season and will resume on the weekend of October 17.
Counties that cannot field teams are believed to have to lose games.
These developments and more were discussed in a virtual meeting between the GAA and its county presidents tonight.
All of these proposals and recommendations will be made to the GAA Management Committee later tonight.
Some counties called for games to be played in neutral venues, but there are concerns that the integrity of the competition could be impaired if that were implemented, as home and away arrangements had been used so far.
Croke Park’s main message to county chiefs was that the games were moving forward and that the association would overcome its challenges.
It is understood that the Fermanagh and Clare match in Ennis, which was in doubt due to the cluster of Covid-19 positive cases on the Erne County team, will also go ahead as planned.
Several Fermanagh players only need to come out of isolation on the morning of that game and coach Ryan McMenamin asked today that that crucial clash (they need to win the remaining two games to try to avoid relegation) be postponed, but that clash seems likely to be postpone. ahead.
The GAA will also remain on developments in all six counties and will monitor the situation closely.
Meanwhile, club championships involving county players will be played two weeks after the county team is eliminated from the championship.
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