Dubs and Clare to play off as coin-toss farce solved

Officials in Dublin and Clare last night expressed their willingness to take part in the championship play-off belatedly offered to them yesterday by the Camogie Association - one which finally brought the lengthy saga to an end.

The association, which had previously stuck rigidly to the rule book in refusing to countenance such a move, was forced into an embarrassing climbdown when both counties gave notice of their intention to withdraw from a coin toss to decide which of them would proceed to the quarter-finals.

Dublin manager Shane O’Brien last week described the planned process as “disrespectful” and the Women’s Gaelic Players Association (WPGA) had called on the Camogie Association to find another means of deciding the matter.