Few are feeling the absence of a full national senior women’s team more than the Dwyer sisters, but they remain standard bearers for Irish basketball. And tonight they aim to lead by example as their Team Montenotte Hotel Glanmire face DCU in the National Cup semi-final, writes Kieran Shannon

Normally they’d slug it out on a pitch, but two GAA clubs are to don boxing gloves in a head-to-head which doesn’t involve just the fellas but aspiring Katie Taylors.