Cork’s Libby Coppinger and Nianh Rockett of Waterford Inpho

Cork and Waterford were scheduled to meet on Saturday afternoon

Cork and Waterford's players have said they feel "completely let down" by Munster Camogie's decision to postpone Saturday's senior final amid an ongoing row over skorts.

The game, which was due to be staged in Tipperary, was postponed by Munster Camogie on Friday after both sets of players confirmed their intention to wear shorts in protest to the sport's rules dictating the players must wear skorts.

"As a united group of players, we want to express our bitter disappointment that today's Munster Senior Camogie Final has been postponed," Cork and Waterford said in a t-statement released through the Gaelic Players Association.

"It shows scant regard for the preparation of players both physically and mentally to be ready for a provincial showpiece, to make this decision just 16 hours before the scheduled throw-in."

The statement added that "anyone with an understanding of what it takes to compete in elite sport knows that this could never be in the best interests of players".

"We feel completely let down.

"Both s had meticulously planned to peak for today. Training schedules and workload will now have to be readjusted, while not even knowing when the game will take place.

"There was an opportunity to take a step forward from the recent controversy. Instead, a provincial final has been postponed because we took control of what we would wear. To us, that feels like a massive step backwards."

Last weekend the Kilkenny and Dublin squads were forced to change into skorts before their Leinster Championship semi-final with both sides told the game would be abandoned after they originally took to the field wearing shorts.

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

Following the incident, the Camogie Association called a Special Congress for 22 May to vote on the issue, which if ed would give players the option to wear shorts from 24 May.

Camogie Association president Brian Molloy said on Thursday: "Our goal is to deliver, as quickly as possible, a best-in-class playing uniform designed for female players and allowing for individual choice."

The sport is governed by the Camogie Association of Ireland which, along with the Ladies Gaelic Football Association is set to be formally integrated into the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2027.

The rule on skorts was previously debated at the Camogie Association's Annual Congress in 2024, although a proposed change did not a vote.

A new date for the Munster camogie final has yet to be confirmed.

  • 'Pressure off a wee bit' after Armagh Sam triumph

    Armagh selector Conleith Gilligan Getty Images

    Conleith Gilligan its Armagh fans are impatient to end the county's 17-year wait for an Ulster title

    Armagh selector Conleith Gilligan believes winning last year's All-Ireland title does mean that the side go into Saturday's Ulster Final under less pressure than otherwise would have been the case.

    The Orchard County have been beaten on spot-kicks in the last two provincial deciders, losing to Derry in 2023 before falling to Donegal last year.

    But after that fourth penalty shootout loss at championship level in three seasons, Kieran McGeeney's squad regrouped to clinch the county's second Sam Maguire Cup triumph.

    "That probably takes the pressure off a wee bit whereas if you'd maybe lost the All-Ireland final last year, this final would have been very different in that regard," said Gilligan.

    "Look it would be lovely to win, but in two weeks' time, regardless of who wins it, there's another competition starting, and you're kind of mindful of that as well."

    The Derryman its that Armagh fans are impatient to end the county's 17-year wait for a provincial title.

    "It's a massive long time. And again this time last year, I suppose it was a wee bit different in that it was a group trying to win something and break through.

    "So I suppose last year's win changes it to a degree. But it's still an Ulster title, it's still very much sought after. And it's one, probably even more so for the ers, that they would love that."

    Gilligan's own coaching career has included being part of Mickey Moran's management team when Kilcoo won the All-Ireland Club title in 2022.

    However, he says with Kieran McGeeney's Armagh management team has made him "realise I wasn't at this at all before this".

    "It's a funny one where you don't know how little you knew until you go to places where it's really high-performing environment.

    "I've had a great journey with them and the learning has just been incredible."

  • Donegal captain Patrick McBrearty lifts the Anglo-Celt cup after beating Armagh in the 2024 decider at Clones.