Rival clubs boxing clever

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.

In what is believed to be the first match-up of its kind in Co Cork, players from the rival parishes of Meelin and Newmarket are to square up to each other in the ring on Friday, Feb 22.

A total of 16 bouts are planned to take place at Safari’s Nite Club in Newmarket.