Larry Ryan: Uneasy ceasefire in hurling’s culture war

The war on tactics is lost, hurling people are getting along, but are they truly happy?
Larry Ryan: Uneasy ceasefire in hurling’s culture war

SYMBOL OF THE AGE: View of tactics board at Parnell Park in Dublin. Photo by Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

“Kilkenny could have Cillian Buckley playing as a quasi,” reckoned Dalo on the podcast the other week.

That is where we are now in hurling’s tactical evolution, that complex positional manoeuvres are being casually described in vague shorthand. As if Paul Merson was decoding Pep.

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