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Camogie skorts row 'absolutely ludicrous' - Ward

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Ward will name her Republic of Ireland squad next week before a Nations League double-header against Turkey and Slovenia

Lauren McCann
BBC Sport NI journalist

The ongoing controversy surrounding wearing skorts while playing camogie is "absolutely ludicrous", says Republic of Ireland manager Carla Ward.

Camogie is the female equivalent of hurling, a team-based field game played with a wooden stick called a hurl or hurley and a ball called a sliotar.

The current rules governing playing gear for camogie state players must wear either a skirt, skort (a pair of shorts with an overlapping fabric which resembles a skirt) or a divided skirt.

Players have protested in recent weeks as they want a change to this rule to have the choice to wear shorts, which are allowed in gaelic football.

Speaking to RTE, Ward expressed her disappointment at the handling of the situation by the Camogie Association.

"It's absolutely ludicrous," she said.

"I'll be honest, some of the [backroom] staff shared it a couple of weeks ago when it first happened, and I actually did say, 'is this some sort of joke"Graphic image of, from left to right, Alex Albon, George Russell, Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris, Fernando Alonso and Oliver Bearman. It is on a blue background with 'Fan Q&A' below the drivers " loading="lazy" src="https://image.staticox.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fichef.bbci.co.uk%2Face%2Fstandard%2F480%2Fsprodpb%2F7ff9%2Flive%2Fd42302e0-34b3-11f0-8519-3b5a01ebe413.jpg" width="385" height="216" class="ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950"/>

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