Ireland women’s rugby The team will make the switch from white to navy shorts this week in a move aimed at combating players’ «period anxieties», the Irish Rugby Football Union announced on Tuesday.
The new kits will make their debut at the Women’s Six Nations Tournament in Wales from March 25, the IRFU announced in a press release on Tuesday.
Team Ireland huddle after the Womens Rugby World Cup fifth place semi-final at Kingspan Stadium on August 22, 2017 in Belfast, UK. (World Rugby via Getty Images/World Rugby via Getty Images)
«The Ireland The women’s rugby team have chosen to switch from their traditional white shorts and make a permanent change to navy blue instead. The move, led by the world’s leading kit supplier Canterbury of New Zealand and the IRFU, comes in response to feedback from players about the anxieties of the period,» the press release read.
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Ireland center Enya Breen called the change a «big step» adding that it will allow players to «feel more comfortable on the pitch».
«The best way to ensure that we perform at our best on the field is to eliminate any unnecessary distractions,» Breen said in a statement.
Ireland’s players celebrate as Enya Breen scores her side’s second try during the Tik Tok Women’s Six Nations Rugby Championship match between Ireland and Scotland at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. (John Dickson/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
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«Wearing navy shorts instead of white is such a small thing, but for us it’s a huge step up from Canterbury and the IRFU. Our hope is that it helps women at all levels of rugby feel more comfortable on the pitch for that they can continue.» to perform at their best in the game they love.
The Ireland team looks on before the women’s Six Nations rugby union match between France and Ireland at the Ernest Wallon Stadium in Toulouse, southern France, February 3, 2018. (REMY GABALDA/AFP via Getty Images)
The change comes months later updated wimbledon its strict all-white clothing policy in November to allow tennis players to wear «solid medium/dark colored shorts» during their menstrual cycles.
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Sally Bolton, chief executive of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, said at the time that the move would help players «focus solely on their performance by relieving a potential source of anxiety.»