Coppinger has no regrets about putting college before county

Dual star Libby Coppinger has spoken about the difficulties of getting dragged into a high-profile college versus county row between the managers of the Cork senior camogie team and UCC’s women’s football side.

Coppinger was one of three Cork camogie players caught in a bind when camogie’s Division One semi-finals clashed with the final weekend of the O’Connor Cup, the climax of the third-level women’s Gaelic football season.

Camogie boss Paudie Murray and UCC manager Shane Ronayne became engaged in a very public spat over player allegiance and each accused the other of using threats to try to force the players to line out for them.