Derek McGrath ‘totally against’ any change to hurling rules

Derek McGrath hopes there are no rash calls to change the rules of hurling in reaction to how the number of goals have dropped. With more teams committing players to defence, attacking sides are finding it increasingly difficult to find the net as much as the 10 goals in last Sunday’s Division 1 semi-finals bucked the recent trend.

Former hurling development co-ordinator Paudie Butler has suggested games be increased to 80 minutes so that matches have more of an opportunity to open up.

However, McGrath doesn’t believe such a move is warranted.