Second string sides removed from camogie championships under coronavirus restrictions

Some teams had already played with others making their bow tomorrow

Cork's Sarah Harrington, Leah Weste, Sarah Buckley, Niamh Ní Chaoimh and Finola Neville celebrate after winning the All-Ireland intermediate title in 2018. Second strings have been 'removed' from the lower tiers for this year's championship. Picture: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Ten teams have been removed from the All-Ireland intermediate and junior camogie championship after the Camogie Association received direction from the Department of Sport that each county can field just one team in the 2020 All-Ireland championship.

Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny and Tipperary all field second teams in the intermediate camogie championship, as do Clare, Wexford, Waterford, Limerick and Offaly at junior level, but these 10 teams are no longer permitted to compete in the lower-tier 2020 championships simply because each of the 10 counties has a senior team.