Kerry GAA secretary says club scene has to take priority over extending inter-county season into August
Jack O’Connor “not too sure it will fly” as Congress ready to vote on pushing the All-Ireland football final two weeks further into the summer
Gavin White lifts the Sam Maguire cup after Kerry's victory in the 2025 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, but what are the chances that future All-Ireland winning captains will lift the cup in August instead of July?Kerry GAA secretary Peter Twiss says the preservation of the club championships and the county senior football championships under their current format and schedule has to take priority over support for a proposal to move the All-Ireland football final back a fortnight to the second Sunday in August.This weekend’s annual Congress in Croke Park will see motion being tabled that proposes moving the inter-county senior football season back two weeks. That would mean an August All-Ireland SFC final, while the All-Ireland hurling final would move back one weekend and be played at the end of July, on the weekend where the football final currently sits.
