The GAA are set to sign off on plans for a new shortened season that will see no pre-season, provincial hurling round-robin games or football Super 8s in 2021.

RTE Sport reports that the GAA will see a February return next year with the Allianz Hurling and Football Leagues and the All-Ireland championships set to be pencilled in between the months of April and July.

It is understood that the qualifiers in both championships will go ahead, with a secondary Tailteann Cup competition still set to take place in football.

It is planned that the inter-county season will be completed by the third week in July, after which club competitions will see an uninterrupted flow of games.

The drafted plan by the Central Competitions Control Committee is set to be examined by Central Council this weekend.

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Down manager Ronan Sheehan has kept faith in a winning formula by making no changes to his starting line-up ahead of the Christy Ring Cup final against Kildare at Croke Park on Sunday (throw-in 4pm).

The Mourne men pulled off one of the greatest results in their history last Saturday when upsetting the odds to beat Offaly after a dramatic penalty shoot-out at Pairc Esler. Goalkeeper and captain Stephen Keith was the hero on the day as he ended up remarkably saving three penalties in what was the first ever penalty shoot-out in championship hurling.

Down (Christy Ring Cup v Kildare): Stephen Keith; Michael Hughes, Caolan Taggart, Tom Murray; Barry Trainor, Conor Woods, Liam Savage; Matt Conlan, John McManus; Donal Hughes, Pearse Og McCrickard, Tim Prenter; Oisin MacManus, Eoghan Sands, Daithi Sands.