‘It's easy to say, 'These girls are trying to kill each other', but it's more strategic than that’

Fiona Carton is on the Irish roller derby team competing at the World Cup this weekend. Known as ‘Malibruise Stacy’ on track, Carton took up the sport seven years ago after seeing it in a movie, writes Stephen Barry.

Q: What is roller derby?

A: Roller derby is a contact sport played on roller skates on an oval track. There’s five players from each team on track at any given moment and one person is designated as the point-scorer — they’re called the jammer. Their job is to lap opponents and they’ll get a point for every opponent they lap.