The Munster Senior Camogie final, which was due to take place today, has been deferred due to a controversy around the requirement for players to wear skorts.
It follows after a semi-final match was nearly called off last week when both teams initially came onto the pitch wearing shorts instead of the mandated skirts or skorts.
Fine Gael Senator Evanne Ní Chuilinn told The Anton Savage Show that it is “a little bit archaic and nonsensical” that players have had to go so far as to stage protests in the first place.
“I’m a little bit worried about the vote in two weeks' time at special congress,” she said.
“Two motions were defeated at regular congress in 2024, and since then, the GPA (Gaelic Players Association) have been lobbying and trying to engage with the Camogie Association to revisit the rule.
“I think they felt like they weren’t getting anywhere and that’s why they sent in their survey of their players three or four days before the Kilkenny-Dublin match.
“When they didn’t hear back from that particular communication, I think they just felt like all that was left to do was to protest.”
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Ms Ní Chuilinn said the postponement of today’s match should have been announced around Monday or Tuesday, rather than the night before.
“It’s not a simple thing to postpone a match like that, it’s going to have a backlog,” she said.
“The Ulster finals are tomorrow, the Leinster final is supposed to be next week - are those games also going to be called off?"
According to Ms Ní Chuilinn, it would be an “amazing legacy” for the Camogie Association’s first male president Brian Molloy to push this change through.
Main image: Cork's Lauren Homan. Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo. 27/7/2024
