How Cats raise the physical stakes

It’s a word used by everybody in sport, it seems, but what does physicality actually mean? Donal O’Grady gives his perspective

Physicality is a term that’s bandied about liberally, but there’s no real definition of the word in hurling terms.

A few years ago, it merely meant physical contact that would have been defined as 50-50 contests under the high ball, tussles for the ball on the ground, and shouldering opponents off the ball.