Hurling - Can you score from a puck out?

FatherTed · 26-09-2007 08:18PM #1

I've often wondered if a player could develop the ability to hit the sliotar 140 meters consistantly and accurately. Would he be able to take every puck out from each wide/score from the opposition and hit it over the bar for a point?

kaimera · 26-09-2007 08:26PM

I don't think there's anything that sez otherwise. Must consult the rule book.

Tbh, there are a few players that aren't too far off hitting a sliotar that far.

purple'n'gold · 26-09-2007 08:30PM

kaimera wrote:

I don't think there's anything that sez otherwise. Must consult the rule book.

Tbh, there are a few players that aren't too far off hitting a sliotar that far.

I remember being at a league final replay in Thurles a few years back , Cork v Wexford. Ger Cunningham was landing his puck outs almost into the Wexford square. He had an awsome puck.

FatherTed · 26-09-2007 09:06PM

It was just that I was reading that a goalkeeper in a club game in Galway last weekend landed a point from a 120m free.

Flukey · 26-09-2007 11:47PM

You can score from frees and sideline pucks, and a puck out would be no different. So if a player was able to hit it that far, then yes he could score a point, or a goal.

legspin · 26-09-2007 11:51PM

If they do develop that sort of distance, will the PTB change the sliotar like the seemingly never ending fight with the javelin in athletics?

Flukey · 27-09-2007 12:07AM

I don't think there is much danger of many players developing that sort of distance, so it wouldn't be a problem.

Hurling - Can you score from a puck out?

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