Cork Camogie Legend Explains Why She's 'Pro-Skort' And Wouldn't Like To See Them Completely Expelled From Camogie

Cork's nine-time All-Ireland winning goalie Aoife Murray says she is "pro-skort" and has put the pressure on manufacturing companies to make appropriate designs for camogie players.

The skort controversy has dominated the news cycle this week after a protest by Dublin and Kilkenny players on Saturday where they took to the field in shorts during their Leinster championship game.

They changed into skorts so the game would go ahead but their stand had a huge impact, with a motion to allow players to choose between skorts and shorts fast-tracked by the camogie association to a special congress on May 22.

If the vote is passed by delegates, then camogie players will be allowed to choose between skorts and shorts from May 24.

Murray, the sister of former Cork manager Paudie, says she was perfectly content with the previous form of skort which she wore for the majority of her career.

"I think if anybody saw the skort I played in, they probably would definitely want to vote it out to be honest," Murray told Game On, reflecting on her older style of skort.

"Sarah Dervan of Galway always had a pop at me for how unsightly it was.

"That was probably more so what I had played in up until the end of 2018 simply because I could not change over to the new form of skorts.

"The one I had was comfortable, it was very much something that I was happy to wear."

But she said the change in design which came about in recent years caused difficulties for players.

Murray has called on manufacturing companies to improve their design, saying that she wouldn't like to lose the tradition of skorts in camogie.

"From my own personal perspective, I am pro skorts. When we changed over to the new form of skort, it was extremely uncomfortable...That really hit me in the latter stages of my career.

"I'm still pro skort, but what I would hate to think is we lose something that was a part of the fundamental foundations of our sport, yes I know we can call it archaic." - Aoife Murray

"I would hate to think that we would allow some of the sports manufacturers to not do their job properly and that we don't hold them accountable for making clothes, in particular for female sport players and manufacturing it appropriately for the women and girls who are actually going to be playing in it," she concluded.