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Is a player allowed just to throw the ball out in front of themselves when they've already taken their two touches?

Limerick get scores so much easier

The hallmark of great teams it seems. Kilkenny and Sheeflin in particular did this a lot.

Yes its a grey area for sure and at best is hard to officiate. Trying to count the steps and at the same time watch when the ball is released is not an exact science. Another grey area is the hand pass which may look like a throw to the newcomer. Well a lot of the time, it is!

[That time appears to be gone and replaced by the fast-transfer game and relentlessly hard running at the opposition defence – of which Waterford are exemplars.]

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/se%C3%A1n-moran-tipperary-s-proven-stalwarts-have-done-the-county-some-service-1.4638231

Maybe Liam Sheedy will stay on but, if he does, there is a major rebuild to be done. Within seven days of each other, they and Galway exited the championship against Waterford. Together with Kilkenny the three counties dominated hurling in the past decade.
They did so playing a traditional, orthodox game, relying on power and strength under the dropping ball and the artistry of their forwards. Tipp in particular with their touch, movement and lethal accuracy.
That time appears to be gone and replaced by the fast-transfer game and relentlessly hard running at the opposition defence – of which Waterford are exemplars.

Why are we so quick to not only write off a team but also its game plan when they get beaten. Waterford havent won anything yet unlike tipp.

The simple answer is to implement the rules. But the Gaa have ignored their own rules for so long now that going back to the rule book now will cause more trouble than its worth. There is no way todays players will accept playing with a 13cm bas and a ball with rims like 30 years ago. Not a chance and who could blame them. Typical reactive GAA. His point about the 'leave the game alone ' comments from present players and managers is very apt. The game is ours together and not belong to the present crop who with due respect only care about winning.

Two very good articles there lads. The genie is out of the bottle now and I hope somethong will be done soon to tweak things. As Sean Moran says a good start would be applying the rules that exist first.

Agreed Johnny. Its the mindset that needs to change. Fouling is being mistaken for manly hurling. The truth is you wouldn't dare put a hand where players put them now when the game was truly manly. Hurlers have a hurl to do the tackling. In football the tackle involves the use of hands so from that perspective there will always be more borderline offenses and IMO will always be more difficult to officiate.

The limited handpass trial was abandoned by the players and the refs almost before it started and the trial was a farce. If hurling and football have anything in common going forward it is that too much hand passing is ruining both games. It was a shame that the trial was not completed to show its true worth.

While Im typing this someone somewhere will be posting about rule changes to make the games better.

Changing the sliothars is a big move and I dont see the it happening. It will impact players at all grades and not all hurlers can drive balls over the bar from 30 metres not to talk of 80. We could have less goals and I would fear that a defensive game like football could result if too much weight was added to the ball. Apply the existing rules first!

No its not being checked. Why not?

Who should check it?

Sure they can't even check that faceguards haven't been tampered with, bars removed etc etc and that's a health and safety issue!

Lost count of the number of lads on TV over the weekend with illegal face guards.

Point taken but if you can tamper with the dimensions of a made hurl then fair play to you. As I said if theres a will....

Start with the hurley makers and let the gaa do random checks. Would Ping or titleist make oversized golf clubs if they were illegal? It would not a difficult thing to regulate if there was a will.

No its not being checked. Why not?

When we had 1-7 to 10 people were complaining about the standard of hurling. The ball maybbe lighter but the payers are fitter and the hurleys are now much larger than before. The origin of hurley design was for ground hurling. Now that thats gone you wonder what kind of hurley will be used in 30 years time. Will they look more like tennis rackets than hurleys? For starters I wish they would implement the bos size regulations that I believe is documented somewhere. Doesnt Golf have a whole range of regulations for golf clubs.

hurling is gone so tippy tappy

only the top few teams are good enough to do it.
much better to let the ball in early to a bit of space and give a forward a chance.

You cant please everyone. Is that not hit and hope hurling that constantly gets berated around here?
Somehow I preferred it too.!

A player is tripped at the corner flag area they'll be calling for penalties!

Not unless its a clear goal scoring opportunity. And thats unlikely from the corner flag and in fairness all the incidents of this nature have occurred directly in front of goal.