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Hurling

herman

herman

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Arn, why was this not brought to our attention.

https://x.com/danielhussey2/status/1815074765574382078
Full contact egg and spoon football
 
Woah this is weird!  I just learned about this absolute MAD game yesterday! 

And yes Arn you've been holding out on us!
 
Haha well. When I was growing up Hurling was, sadly, not a sport that the side of the Northern Ireland community that I grew up in was really exposed to.

However, thanks to a combination of my own maturation and indeed the maturation of relations between people within the community I have been very lucky to have actually attended a few games both in Belfast and at Croke Park which is where the final was played yesterday.

Both hurling and Gaelic football are brilliant sports. Hurling obviously is just that little bit more insane.

I think the thing that really stands out is the players are all amateur and don?t get paid to play. They do that around their day jobs.

Glad you enjoyed it. This game really seems to have caught the imagination of a really wide audience.
 
Also worth checking out this double save from the semi final a few weeks ago

https://x.com/officialgaa/status/1814587299742818530
 
So is the hurling ball just a tennis ball? And not anything like a cricket or lacrosse ball, or even an orange road hockey ball? Because, that?s the only way I can see saves happening. It looks a touch bigger and not fuzzy.
 
I'd say it's sort of maybe half way between a tennis ball and cricket ball. It's slightly larger in sinze than a tennis ball and made similar to a cricket ball in that it is a cork centre with a leather casing.

In fact maybe it's best comparison is a smaller baseball.

It's lighter overall than a baseball at around 4 ounces (120 grams) to 5 ounces (145 grams) for a baseball and cricket ball at 5.75 ounces (170 grams).
 
Arn said:
I'd say it's sort of maybe half way between a tennis ball and cricket ball. It's slightly larger in sinze than a tennis ball and made similar to a cricket ball in that it is a cork centre with a leather casing.

In fact maybe it's best comparison is a smaller baseball.

It's lighter overall than a baseball at around 4 ounces (120 grams) to 5 ounces (145 grams) for a baseball and cricket ball at 5.75 ounces (170 grams).
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Ah so it?ll still hurt like the dickens when a batted ball smacks you in the nethers/anywheres.
 
herman said:
Ah so it?ll still hurt like the dickens when a batted ball smacks you in the nethers/anywheres.
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Oh it'll smart yeah. There's also very little padding other than the helmet worn. Mainly cos it would slow you down/tire you out more on what is a very large playing surface.

The hurls are made of ash, so they're solid enough

hurling.jpg
 
Here?s a little behind the scenes type video from Sunday

https://x.com/officialgaa/status/1815112519876583569

If you?re at a loose end this Sunday, it?s the all Ireland senior (Gaelic) football final at the same venue. It?s between Armagh (the county i live in so the excitement has been building locally cos it?s ages since they?ve won it) and Galway.

I?d say the football isn?t quite as mental as the hurling, but it?s still a very watchable game if you can dig out a stream.
 
Leafs need five of these blokes who can skate.  A five man squad of these mad lads would wreak absolute havoc on the ice. 
 
Highlights of the last football game between Armagh and Galway who play the all Ireland final this weekend, in case you want to try it as well.

It?s not quite Hurling, but it?s good too

https://x.com/danielhussey2/status/1816134889235964097

Fire any rules or general questions on either game out and I?ll see what I can answer
 
Arn said:
Skills

https://twitter.com/craicoftheash/status/1843035067154829329
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Very slick moves; their eye muscles must be crazy good to pull into tight focus when 'dribbling' vs wide for assessing the field
 
Brilliant day yesterday for the all Ireland football final.

Co Mayor finally overcame their “curse” to claim their first win in 75 years.

The curse was that, on the way back down the road from their last win in 1951, their team bus caught up with a funeral and rather than show their respects they continued their boisterous party.

The priest who was overseeing said funeral cursed them to never win the all Ireland again.

This was their first final since the last loving player from that 1951 team died a year or two ago. They’ve been to and lost 11 finals in that time, including a final where they scored two “own goals” which gave Dublin the title over them. There’s never been a single other own goal in the history of finals back to the 1800s

www.bbc.co.uk

All-Ireland SFC final: Watch as Mayo crowned champions with dramatic Kerry win

Watch the best of the action as Mayo end their 75-year wait to win the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with a 1-20 to 1-17 victory over Kerry at Croke Park.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

Highlights are there, but if you want to see the best, search out the Mayo goal about a minute in. It was a thing of beauty.

Immediate post game reaction here too:

https://twitter.com/x/status/2081412938762424811
 
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