'Two refs, no frees yet, it must be history' - Irish sport greats line out for return of all-star game

A star-studded cast lined out for the Hurling for Cancer Research event this evening. 

FIRE BURNING: Brian Cody, manager of Davy Russell's Best, with selector Ursula Jacob.
Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

It has become to sound a bit twee now though it remains an important symbol of sticking it to the man but Newbridge Or Nowhere is now immortalised in a mural just outside St Conleth’s Park but last night, there wasn’t anywhere else a lot of people wanted to be.

It was hurling with a difference because it was Hurling For Cancer Research. Celebrating the tenth anniversary of its inauguration, the concept has raised in excess of €1.2m for cancer research services.