Three ways the tempo of hurling is very different to a decade ago

An iconic moment in the 2011 All-Ireland SHC final shows how the game has developed

Tommy Walsh, Kilkenny, gets his clearance away despite the attempted hook from Noel McGrath, Tipperary. Picture: Dáire Brennan / SPORTSFILE

Hurling talk typically focuses, these days, on the game’s alteration as a spectacle.

An iconic moment in 2011’s senior final glosses present developments. Kilkenny’s Tommy Walsh lances forward and fetches a Tipperary clearance, as Noel McGrath crumples. Walsh makes ground and switch hits to left half forward, where Henry Shefflin gathers and points for 0-5 to 0-0. Kilkenny are dominant.