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'I'd listen to a lot of Nicki Minaj, it really gets you going' - a unique pre-match GAA music choice

Cork camogie captain Ashling Thompson on what songs to select.

WE’VE HEARD OF the Al Pacino ‘Inches’ speech being used to motivate the Armagh team during their 2003 All-Ireland winning campaign.

We’ve heard of Roy Keane’s revelation that much to his dismay that ‘Dancing Queen’ by Abba was the song of choice in the Sunderland dressing-room when he was manager.

But Nicki Minaj is a new one to be used by elite sports people getting set for combat.

Ashling Thompson captains Cork in Sunday’s Division 1 camogie league final against Galway as reigning All-Ireland champions Cork seek to collect their third league crown in four years.

Here’s what will be blaring on her headphones before the Semple Stadium showdown.

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