Updated / Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021
22:32
It s hoped the showpiece game will return to Dublin in 2022
For the second year in a row the Aer Lingus College Football Classic game will not take place at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
The Illinois v Nebraska clash had been scheduled for Saturday 28 August, but it s been confirmed that the game will instead take place at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, USA.
Last June the meeting of Notre Dame and Navy in the Irish capital was pulled but those two universities, as well as Illinois and Nebraska, remain committed to fulfilling the fixtures at the earliest possible opportunity.