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Fogarty Forum: Hurling is in denial about hand-pass

An easier fix for hurling might be the hand-pass and policing it to the point of zero tolerance or changing the rule as former Tipperary defender Conor O’Donovan has campaigned
Fogarty Forum: Hurling is in denial about hand-pass

Until hurling addresses the problem of illegal hand-passes, the sport is in denial about its problems. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Like Ben O’Connor, Dónal Óg Cusack is nothing but consistent.

The penalising of hand-passing has been a bugbear of his going back years. In 2022, he argued focus on the hand-pass was addressing a symptom of a hurling ill, not the cause.

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