Balls.ie

GAA On TV This Week: Expect Fireworks In Limerick For Hurling League Final Doubleheader

It is the final game week of the 2026 league hurling season.Finals from hurling's top divisions are taking place in what ...
The Irish Times

‘If I were to take up hurling now, at 41 years of age, how bad could I possibly be?’

Hurling is Ireland’s national game, and a source of fascination and pride, even to people who have never played it. Ciarán Murphy – Second Captains podcaster, Irish Times columnist and a lifelong club ...
The Irish Times

Ciarán Murphy: At 42 I took up hurling, the world’s most frustrating and beautiful sport

Many of the people in that seven-figure TV audience will have never played the game themselves. While most people watching the following week’s All-Ireland football final between Donegal and Kerry ...
Independent.ie

Martin Breheny: Hurling’s scoring inflation surging every year and it’s not helping the game

Strike rate increases by 51pc since 1980s and upward trend continues Cork’s Darragh Fitzgibbon scores a point from a '65 in the last play of extra-time to send the Munster hurling final to penalties – ...
Independent.ie

Jackie Tyrrell: I wouldn’t change rules. It’s a beautiful game, our games are brilliant

Former Kilkenny star wants to see more counties at the game’s top table Kilkenny hurling legend Jackie Tyrrell. Photo: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile Don’t change hurling or try to fix what’s not broken is ...