Hurling becoming a freetaking contest? 'We don't seem to get that many,' says Patrick Horgan

The Cork sharpshooters says there is too much criticism of modern hurling

Speaking at the launch of Centra's Community Matters campaign, Horgan said he fully agrees with Canning that hurling is generally in healthy shape. Picture: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Cork star Patrick Horgan agrees with Joe Canning that hurling has come in for far too much criticism lately, claiming the game is actually improving all the time.

Various players, managers and commentators have complained about aspects of the game throughout the league, from the huge scorelines teams are putting up to the weight of the sliotar, to refereeing, to the tactics being used.