Camogie board stands firm as row with Cork players rumbles on

The Camogie Association is standing by its procedures surrounding the regrading of players as the row involving a number of Cork players threatens to rumble on.

Nine Rebel county players who won All-Ireland senior medals last September without playing in the championship (Sarah Fahy, Niamh Ní Chaoimh, Amy Lee, Katelyn Hickey, Leah Weste, Sarah Buckley, Finola Neville, Lauren Callinan and Rebecca Walsh) had their applications to be regraded as intermediate players rejected for procedural reasons.

The players had their submissions refused because they typed their names in the relevant forms, rather than signing them with a pen. They claim their applications were submitted in the exact same way last year, when they got the green light, but despite quotes emanating from the Cork County Board committing to pursuing the matter, and reports suggesting the players could be pursuing legal avenues, association president Catherine Neary insists nothing has changed.