Munster Camogie Final Postponed Over Skorts Row

The Munster elder camogie last betwixt Cork and Waterford has been postponed aft some panels said that they would deterioration shorts for nan tie.

The crippled was owed to beryllium staged successful Tipperary connected Saturday but a connection from Munster camogie chairwoman Christine Ryan connected Friday said nan committee had "reviewed nan situation" amid nan ongoing contention complete nan sport's rules dictating that players must deterioration skorts.

"As nan existent camogie rules of play are still successful spot and nan players person indicated they would not beryllium prepared to play nan crippled successful skorts, nan determination has been made to defer nan crippled successful nan champion interests of each players and officials involved," said nan statement.

"The specifications of nan rescheduled fixture will beryllium released successful owed course."

Last play nan Kilkenny and Dublin squads were forced to alteration into skorts earlier their Leinster Championship semi-final pinch some sides told nan crippled would beryllium abandoned aft they primitively took to nan section wearing shorts.

Dublin skipper Aisling Maher called it a "career low" and said she was "sick of being forced to deterioration a skort that is uncomfortable and unfit for purpose".

Following nan incident, nan Camogie Association called a Special Congress for 22 May to ballot connected nan issue, which if passed would springiness players nan action to deterioration shorts from 24 May.

Camogie Association president Brian Molloy said connected Thursday: "Our extremity is to deliver, arsenic quickly arsenic possible, a best-in-class playing azygous designed for female players and allowing for individual choice."

The athletics is governed by nan Camogie Association of Ireland which, on pinch nan Ladies Gaelic Football Association is group to beryllium formally integrated into nan Gaelic Athletic Association successful 2027.

The norm connected skorts was antecedently debated astatine nan Camogie Association's Annual Congress successful 2024, though a projected alteration did not walk a vote.