Saoirse McCarthy on shinty challenge: 'You're probably learning a few bad habits in terms of camogie'

The Cork and Courcey Rovers star has been selected to captain Ireland in an international rules contest against Scotland this Saturday.

Ireland Camogie Shinty captain Saoirse McCarthy poses for a portrait during an Ireland Hurling Shinty squad launch at the GAA National Games Development Centre on the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile  

The intercounty season may have ultimately finished in disappointment for Saoirse McCarthy, as her Cork team fell at the final hurdle to Galway at Croke Park, but the Courcey Rovers star has been afforded a novel opportunity to finish her season on a high, selected to captain Ireland in an international rules contest against Scotland this Saturday.

Captaining her country is not something she had on her bingo card for the year.