SKORT SHRIFT FROM REBEL COUNTY..

Camogie star Ashling vows Cork won't wear them in Munster final

- BY DANNY DE VAAL and LOUISE BURNE Political Correspondent

CAMOGIE ace Ashling Thompson has insisted that Cork will wear shorts in a crunch final, as the rebellion against skorts ramps up.

Camogie Association rules insist on players wearing skorts, a skirt with a pair of integral shorts hidden underneath, during games.

But many maintain skorts are uncomfortable and deter girls from taking up the sport.

Over the weekend, a Leinster senior semi-final match between Dublin and Kilkenny was almost called off after players wore shorts as a protest.

Now Cork players will refuse to wear skorts in Saturday's Munster senior camogie final.

The All-Ireland champions are due to play Waterford in The Ragg, Co Tipperary, in the provincial decider. And Thompson insists they won't back down and change to skorts, even if it risks the game being abandoned.

The six-time All-Ireland winner confirmed: "What we're going to do is wear shorts and if we're asked to return to the dressing room we won't.

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