- Color-Blind fans often fight to distinguish between red and green t-shirts
- Mail Sport revealed how Wales was criticized in 2024 for not changing Black
- Ireland will play blank this month as part of the Six Nations color blindness policy
Thousands of rugby fans worthy of color will be happy after the heads of the six nations agreed to end the misery of kits clashes.
For the match against Wales on February 22, Ireland will wear its alternative white shirts instead of its traditional green, in a movement that will delight a significant number of patients.
Around one in 12 men and one in 200 women are affected by some form of color blindness and the Meeting of Wales V Ireland often left many unable to distinguish between the red and green shirts.
Last season, Mail Sport revealed how the activists had scheduled the WRU when they refused to change their black shirts for the reverse accessory in Dublin, with the responsibility of changing in the visiting team. At that time, the WRU blamed problems with the change of what seemed to be a completely avoidable situation.
However, this time there will be no such problems. The six nations of this year are now aligned with the world rugby blindness policy, which means that Wales will be in their usual red shirts, but the Irish will be in white t -shirts.
Kathryn Albany-Ward, founder of blind color consciousness, praised development for a long time.
Ireland are all smiles in their iconic green kit after beating Scotland on Sunday, but they will look different for their next six -nations encounter, against Wales on February 22
Wales, who has lost his last 13 trial matches, will remain in his red kit as local team
The Sunderland clash with Newcastle last year was ruined for many after both parties used their shirts at home, with those with color blindness that fight to distinguish between the teams
“It's fantastic news,” he said. 'Finally, they will ensure that people with Diego de Color can follow the game. Many thousands of fans will be delighted. I hope it continues and is not unique.
Albany-Ward added that not only followers would benefit, which suggests that it would also be positive for some of the men in the field.
“This benefits everyone, including players who often do not feel they can speak,” he said. “If eight percent of men are affected, that means that there will be two or three players in each team that is affected in some way.”
Albany-Ward has campaigned for change for several years. “It's just common sense,” he said. 'With so many people in the affected population, they never made sense not to take care of their players and their fans.
“It is a shame that has taken them so long to reach this stage.”