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Is Hurling the greatest game ever?

  • 05-02-2014 01:17AM
    #1
    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Tommy Dillon


    I was just watching highlights of last years All Ireland finals. Still get goosebumps and im not from either of the counties... i have to say that its the greatest game on earth. i don't see why its not more popular..

    Would you agree?
    If not what sport is better?


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  • #2
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    No tis shíte.


  • #3
    major bill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭major bill


    Possibly one of the most skillful and I wouldn't even be a fan


  • #4
    job seeker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,130 ✭✭✭job seeker


    Any sport is better then, a bunch of lads with sticks chase a rubber ball.


  • #5
    Dimitri Polite Winter
    Posts: 10,091 ✭✭✭✭ Dimitri Polite Winter


    massively skilled sport but none of us are subjective when calling it the "greatest game ever" i would say there is no greatest game ever personally


  • #6
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Ha no.


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  • #7
    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Tommy Dillon


    Temptamperu wrote: »
    No tis shíte.

    why?


  • #8
    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Tommy Dillon


    Anne Fast Signboard wrote: »
    massively skilled sport but none of us are subjective when calling it the "greatest game ever" i would say there is no greatest game ever personally

    fair point....but when you look at the likes of soccer compared to it, Hurling is streets ahead


  • #9
    upwardsonwards
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭upwardsonwards


    Why does the GAA kit have to be so skimpy?
    Can GAA kits no be more like modern soccer kits?


  • #10
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    I got picked up once by the gardai when I was a young lad and one of them actually advised me that if I was getting trouble in the estate again to just carry a hurley with me because "you can give him a hiding and it's not a weapon ".

    Which seems curiously apt for gaelic sports.


  • #11
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    Tommy Dillon wrote: »
    why?

    I just think its boring.


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  • #12
    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Tommy Dillon


    Temptamperu wrote: »
    I just think its boring.

    so what sports do you like? can you do me a favor and just watch the 2 all Ireland finals last year?


  • #13
    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Tommy Dillon


    upwardsonwards wrote: »
    Why does the GAA kit have to be so skimpy?
    Can GAA kits no be more like modern soccer kits?

    skimpy?


  • #14
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭degsie


    Ice Hockey ftw!


  • #15
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Tommy Dillon wrote: »
    just watch the 2 all Ireland finals last year?

    There was 2 all Ireland hurling finals last year? :confused:


  • #16
    TouchingVirus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,581 ✭✭✭TouchingVirus


    Tommy Dillon wrote: »
    so what sports do you like? can you do me a favor and just watch the 2 all Ireland finals last year?

    Or the Dublin/Cork semi-final from 2013 until around the 60th minute. It might not be "the greatest game ever" but for me it's right up there.
    WikiHow wrote: »
    There was 2 all Ireland hurling finals last year? :confused:

    Replay


  • #17
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Temptamperu wrote: »
    I just think its boring.

    If you think hurling is boring then what sport do you like? It's non stop action the whole game.


  • #18
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭degsie


    WikiHow wrote: »
    There was 2 all Ireland hurling finals last year? :confused:

    Replay?


  • #19
    fineso.mom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭fineso.mom


    'Rubber ball' ?! Jobseeker , apologise at once.:o


  • #20
    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Tommy Dillon


    WikiHow wrote: »
    There was 2 all Ireland hurling finals last year? :confused:

    yeah, the first and then the replay.....


  • #21
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    WikiHow wrote: »
    There was 2 all Ireland hurling finals last year? :confused:

    One for the north and one for the republic.


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  • #22
    SimonQuinlank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 767 ✭✭✭SimonQuinlank


    Nah its played by a tiny amount of people in the world in comparison to football,rugby,tennis,basketball etc.If it was the greatest game ever a lot more folk would play it.

    Plus the GAA are in charge of it.


  • #23
    Baze
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 165 ✭✭Baze


    No, of course not.. Football* is.


    *Not talking about the "football" where they play with a prolate spheroid and call it a 'ball' and where handling it isn't against the rules.


  • #24
    major bill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭major bill


    Actually Surprised it never took off in America, has everything the Yanks love about sport

    Big hits
    Fierce competitors
    High scoring games
    End to end action


  • #25
    Tommy Dillon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 216 ✭✭Tommy Dillon


    SimonQuinlank wrote: »
    Nah its played by a tiny amount of people in the world in comparison to football,rugby,tennis,basketball etc.If it was the greatest game ever a lot more folk would play it.

    Plus the GAA are in charge of it.

    but do you not think thats whats so great about it. its ours, its our culture. its Irish, and lets face it the GAA is a great organisation... just paid for their massive stadium. far superior to Soccer and Rugby


  • #26
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Tommy Dillon wrote: »
    fair point....but when you look at the likes of soccer compared to it, Hurling is streets ahead

    In your opinion. In my opinion, "soccer" (football to me) is more enjoyable. I appreciate the skill needed for top-level hurling, but there's no "best" sport.


  • #27
    darced
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    This post has been deleted.


  • #28
    Dimitri Polite Winter
    Posts: 10,091 ✭✭✭✭ Dimitri Polite Winter


    Tommy Dillon wrote: »
    fair point....but when you look at the likes of soccer compared to it, Hurling is streets ahead

    thats an isolated case you have to take into account every sport in the world and be unbiased and take into account that you know the intricacies of hurling


  • #29
    orangesoda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,223 ✭✭✭orangesoda


    I don't like it, as a spectator you can't even see the ball, i attended one game, nicky rackard cup final 07 which was a load of drivel, i blame cu chullainn for it


  • #30
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,944 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    “I'm always suspicious of games where you're the only ones that play it.” –
    Jack Charlton nailed it with this quote about hurling imo.


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  • #31
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    Hurling would be one of the top sports in Ireland but the say the best on game on earth i dont think so, survey says,
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XMW6Z_Oq38


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