Maurice Brosnan: Eight observations from the National Hurling League

Pundits have pushed for the introduction of VAR. Their logic is reasonable. This sensational sport is so fast. How can one official accurately adjudicate all of it?

Cork are the only team to score double-digit goals across 1A and 1B. File picture: Larry Cummins

After the clampdown comes the reckoning. Renewed focus on head contact in hurling has prompted calls for video assistance for referees.

"I know it will slow down the game but I'd rather be here saying they got those two or three decisions right and the game was refereed the right way,” said Jackie Tyrrell on League Sunday last weekend after James Mahon’s red card in Walsh Park.