Sledging not a problem in hurling, say stars

The practice of sledging is all but non-existent in top level hurling, according to Henry Shefflin and Pat Horgan.

Neither claim to have encountered any of the verbal abuse detailed by Tyrone footballer Sean Cavanagh earlier this week when he said the wives, girlfriends and families of players were regarded as fair game in an attempt to rile opponents.

“I’ve never come across it,” said Shefflin, at the launch of Centra’s healthy living initiative. “I came across the odd macho thing more than anything else — ‘You’re soft’ or whatever — but that was basically it.