Modern hurling is lovely but it would break your heart, says Pete Finnerty

The Galway great says the lack of man-on-man tackling is symptomatic of a sport that has changed since his playing days

Pete Finnerty agrees with the likes of Babs Keating, Eddie Keher, John Mullane, and Henry Shefflin who have all highlighted to varying degrees that the modern sliotar is too light.

Galway legend Pete Finnerty claims marking has been driven out of the game of hurling and it has lost much of its physical nature.

Commenting on Sunday’s Division 1, Group A game where his county posted 32 scores to Waterford’s 26, the two-time All-Ireland winner says the lack of man-on-man tackling is symptomatic of a sport that has changed since his playing days.