Cregan says hurling skills on the wane

A former Limerick great has voiced his concern about thedirection hurling is taking, writes John Fogarty

Limerick legend Eamon Cregan leads MaryImmaculate College in this afternoon’s Fitzgibbon Cup quarter-final against Dublin IT and is thrilled by the pace of the sport butbelieves core skills have been made redundant.

He bemoans the constant “scrums” in the games,claiming a regular college game in poor conditions can feature 10 or 12 instances where the referee has to restart the action with a throw-in because of players failing to lift the ball.