Enda McEvoy: Where have all the goals gone? (and should we be worried)

Lar Corbett’s second goal against Kilkenny in as comparatively recently as 2010? Wouldn’t happen now
GOALDEN ERA: Tipperary's Lar Corbett nets his side's first goal in the 2010 All-Ireland final against Kilkenny in Croke Park. Picture: Brendan Moran

GOALDEN ERA: Tipperary's Lar Corbett nets his side's first goal in the 2010 All-Ireland final against Kilkenny in Croke Park. Picture: Brendan Moran

"Do a column on bringing goals back into hurling,” a (real as opposed to conveniently invented for the purposes of a handy intro) reader pleads.

“Talk about rules that should change. Make goals worth five. Or have a limit on the number of defenders you can have in one half. Or no scoring from inside your own half. Et cetera.”

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