The draws for this year’s Munster and Leinster hurling championships will be made this evening.
For the first time in 20 years, there will be no second chances in the All-Ireland senior football championship.
The GAA have confirmed that this year’s truncated football championship will revert to its traditional format.
The four provincial championships will all be straight knock-out, with the winners advancing to the All-Ireland semi finals.
The All-Ireland hurling and football finals will both be played before the end of 2020, reaching a festive conclusion with the hurling final being played on December 13th and the football final on December 19th.
The hurling championship will also see the round-robin provincial championships scrapped for this season, reverting to the traditional knockout format.
However, there will be a back-door system in place, with two rounds of qualifiers leading up to the All-Ireland quarter finals.
The provincial hurling championships are reverting to their original knockout format, but there will be a qualifier system, and an All-Ireland quarter final series.
The football campaign will see the provincial championships played as a straight knockout, with the four winners to advance to the All-Ireland semi finals.
The Allianz Leagues will resume in October.
