A Ladies Gaelic Football Association Special Congress has voted through the package of 12 playing rule enhancements trialled during the 2026 Lidl National League season and Higher Education Colleges competitions.
Kobe McDonald struck for 2-3 as Mayo defeated Galway by 3-16 to 1-12 in Castlebar on Wednesday evening to advance to the Connacht U20 football championship final.
Mayo saw off Armagh on a comprehensive 2-25 to 2-7 scoreline at the Box-It Athletic Grounds this afternoon to get their 2026 Nickey Rackard Cup campaign off to a winning start.
Mayo and Galway progressed through to the knockout stages of the Connacht U20 football championship with one round still remaining after respective victories yesterday evening.
Mayo chalked up their second win in the Connacht U20 football championship by seeing off Roscommon on a 2-16 to 1-15 scoreline in Castlebar on Thursday.
Ballinrobe CS captured the Lidl Post Primary School All-Ireland Senior C title with a comprehensive win over St. Anne's Secondary School from Tipperary played at the impressive Glenamaddy GAA grounds in Galway.
Andy Moran was happy to be able to hand out five debuts as an experimental Mayo completed their Allianz Football League Division 1 campaign with a 21-point rout of an even more experimental Roscommon in Castlebar.
Donegal and Kerry will meet in next Sunday's Allianz Football League Division 1 final at Croke Park (4pm) following this afternoon's seventh round results.
Below are all of today's final round Allianz Hurling League fixtures as well as the scheduled games in the Munster U20 football championship and the Leinster minor hurling championship...
A fruitful first half with the wind at their backs provided Mayo with the foundation to enjoy the second half and secure the Centra Camogie League Division 3B title, despite a valiant fightback by Monaghan at Mostrim GAA grounds outside Edgeworthstown.
Sacred Heart School from Westport are the new Lidl All-Ireland Post Primary School Junior A champions after a pulsating final against Moate CS at Orchard Park in Elphin.
We're down to the penultimate round of the national football league this weekend and the promotion, relegation and final pairings pictures will become clearer.
Keith Higgins has confirmed that senior panellists Kobe McDonald and Darragh Beirne will be available for Mayo's Connacht U20FC opener against Sligo next Wednesday evening in Tubbercurry.