County colours to change for final
The GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee (CCCC) has ruled that Cork and Down will wear alternate colours for next month's All-Ireland SFC Final at Croke Park.
At a meeting in Croke Park, the CCCC decided that owing to a colour clash, Cork will wear white jersies with a red trim, while the Mourne County will wear mainly gold with a red and black trim.
Down wore the same strip when the counties clashed in last year's All-Ireland Under-21 final at Portlaoise. However, Cork wore their traditional red strip.
The 19 September decider, will be the first time since the famous 1982 final between Offaly and Kerry that both the finalists will be forced to wear alternative strips.
When Down and Cork met in the 1994 All-Ireland SFC semi-final, Down wore a gold and black strip, while Cork played in white jerseys.
The last occasion a team in the final wore a change of strip was in the replayed 1996 decider, when Meath wore a gold jersey against Mayo.
On three occasions when Kerry and Mayo met in finals recently - 1997, 2004 and 2006 - Croke Park were happy to let both counties wear their traditional green strip despite the clash of colours.
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