‘There’s a different excitement to hurling’ - All-Ireland winner on swapping a hurley for boxing gloves

Cork All-Ireland winner Niall McCarthy has swapped a hurley for boxing gloves, writes Michael Moynihan.

Tomorrow Waterford take on Cork in the Allianz Hurling League, a heavily underlined date for years in Niall McCarthy’s calendar.

The man from Carrigtwohill was a central figure on Cork’s All-Ireland-winning teams of 2004-5, when his clashes with Waterford’s Ken McGrath were a highlight of the counties’ rivalry.