BLAIR: PREMIER SUPPORT SYSTEM KEY TO BIG MOVE FROM ATTACK TO DEFENCE

THERE are few more suited to the modern high performance sports environment than Tipperary's Karin Blair, as an elite camogie player with a yen for figures.

- BY DARAGH Ó CONCHÚIR

Number crunching is a major part the scene now but having access to stats is one thing. Knowing what they mean, separating the gold from the crud to inform future gameplans, is something else entirely.

Blair works in data analytics with Flutter, the sports betting and gaming company. Everything she needs to know, interpret and pass on is in the numbers.

When it came to making the transition from being a forward to a defender three years ago, after joining the senior squad straight out of minor in 2019, the Cashel star needed something else, however.