The Ireland Women’s team has become the first Six Nations team to make a permanent change from their traditional white shorts.
The move, which is led by kit supplier Canterbury of New Zealand and the IRFU, comes as a response to players’ feedback about period anxieties and follows similar moves in other sports.
Manchester City’s women’s team changing to burgundy shorts, while female players will be able to wear coloured undershorts at Wimbledon this summer.
