Swedish club not skirting around shorts issue as they back Irish camogie players


Camogie - Stockholm Gaels players pose with hurling sitcks - Stockholm, Sweden, May 10, 2025 Stockholm Gaels players pose with their "caman" (hurling stick) in solidarity with the Ireland Camogie players after the ban on the use of shorts for women REUTERS/Michelle Cotter

(Reuters) -Camogie players in Sweden have turned the clock back by wearing a kit from a bygone age in a show of solidarity with colleagues in Ireland currently protesting for the right to wear shorts.

The Irish sport hit the headlines this week for all the wrong reasons with players, tired of a rule outlawing the wearing of shorts, ramping up protests, ultimately leading to the late postponement of Saturday's Munster final.

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