Dual star Libby Coppinger: It's time for camogie and ladies football bodies to unite

Coppinger, who is facing three potential fixture clashes next month, has said it is time for the two associations to come together under the one banner

‘If the dual player has to go, it should be because the standard has gotten too high or you can’t commit to both, not because they are not facilitating it,’ says Cork dual star Libby Coppinger. Picture: Inpho/Bryan Keane

On a weekend where the Camogie Association followed the LGFA in rejecting a motion designed to facilitate and support dual players, Cork dual player Libby Coppinger has called for a merger of the two associations.

The Dublin motion, rejected by 76% of Camogie Congress attendees, sought to write in rule that the Camogie Association “recognises and supports the concept of a Dual Player, as defined, and will encourage all of its Units to support and facilitate its playing members of all ages, who wish to do so, to play both Camogie and Ladies Gaelic Football”.