Letters to the Editor: Hurling is blighted by cynical play

The All-Ireland hurling final is a topic engaging some readers, while others consider everything from Ireland's racial makeup to the 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer' movies

You wouldn't have seen tactics such as sliotat-throwing back in July 1964 when Cork and Tipperary faced off at the Cork Athletic Grounds. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive

The 2023 All-Ireland hurling final takes place on Sunday. Let’s hope we have a contest of integrity. Modern hurling is being blighted by the propensity for sliotar throwing, which is illegal. 

If the referee does not penalise this, it confers an unfair advantage on a team which indulges in this practice, as the sliotar can be transferred faster and more accurately to another player and less skill is required.