‘Massive strides’ in ladies game

Mayo footballer Cora Staunton says the ladies game has made some massive strides but there are still some glaring inadequacies that need to be remedied.

Staunton, who lined for reigning champions Cornacon in the Connacht club final against Kilkerrin-Clonberne yesterday, has just finished her 23rd season with Mayo when they lost the All-Ireland final to Dublin last month.

That game was played in front of a world record crowd for a ladies sports event in 2017, with 46,286 in attendance at Croke Park. There has been a huge resurgence in the game since Staunton made her debut for the Mayo seniors when she was only 13, away to Laois in the national football league in 1995, but she says there is still so much more than can be done.