Hurling played Down Under in era before GAA founded

A hurling association was founded in Australia in the decade before the GAA was formed according to an Irish historian.

Dr Pat Bracken will deliver his findings at a sports history conference in Dublin on Saturday.

Dr Bracken has uncovered a set of hurling rules from the Lauriston Hurling Club, which were reportedly adopted in 1875, three years before the establishment of the Victorian Hurling Association to cater for clubs in Melbourne, Kyneton, Collingwood Brighton, Prahran, and Richmond.