KIWI learns What is HURLING? | Distracted Reactions Lounge

[@TwoCentsRugby]

I'm sitting here minding my own business in China, and Tony pops up with his bloody hurling again! Man you've got the hurling bug eh? Gaelic Football next time maybe?

[@oldmanwillyboy2786]

Lol!.........Ask him if he's found out what "the Hurley" were originally made from?

[@DistractedSports]

Great to know I'm keeping you entertained while you're taking a dump!! Stay safe over there bro!

[@damianconnolly3618]

Football is light entertainment compared to the serious business of Hurling.

[@zombievikinggaming4258]

@@DistractedSports All that BBQ scorpion street food will have you watching more Distracted Sports vids on the toilet

[@creekyknee]

With a bit of practice, maybe just maybe one day he could line out for Cork !

[@billabong9215]

The greatest sport on the planet. The raw passion, the unbelievable skill and dedication and the fastest field game in the world. I love hurling and was extremely lucky to be able to play it at the highest levels.

[@emeidocathail7808]

The RUC in Northern Ireland used to confiscate hurleys from kids as they were considered dangerous weapons .. they never seized hockey sticks or cricket bats though, for some reason.

[@joemurphy1189]

Kilkenny vs Tipperary played out an epic draw in the All Ireland hurling final in 2014. There’s actually a few KZbin reactions to the last 5 minutes.

[@loadsbutty]

Thats actually a great example...an absolute thriller

[@peterpauldonoghue7024]

Yes Some great matches down through the years

[@mjk4250]

definitely agree most exciting match I was ever at, 5 more mins and I think Tipp might have won it

[@72mossy]

Are you a Kilkenny man, don't forget 2010

[@johnmccarthy9964]

The thing with hurling is, if you get right it there next to your opponent, you won't take a hit off the hurl. If you stand back thinking about how you might get hit by the hurl coming straight for your head, you will. Shoulder to shoulder, don't be soft. Love the vids

[@onlookervb]

Not from a massive gaa family but an all ireland hurling final is just special , definitely recommend at least once in your life if you have the chance

[@Irish780]

I love hurling my passion just wondering where the millions end up for all gaa its so in obvious but nobody challenged

[@Dreyno]

Setanta Ó hAilpín who played AFL for Carlton is half Fijian. He played hurling for Cork before that. And I’m sure there’s loads of kids of all shades playing now who will grace the hurling field in years to come.

[@RealLimerickman]

Made from Ash (Ash Tree). It's wood is very flexible. Very little "nuts jobs". When they do happen, Usually the sliotor into the nuts. You learn to appreciate life afterwards. Helmets is only a recent requirement in the last 20 years.

[@CfitzS]

Great to see someone who's never seen hurling before enjoy it so much! As an Irishman myself, I would love to see it played more globally. As regards the hurling vs gaelic football debate, I wouldn't say there's a rivalry per se, both are played across the country, but most counties do prefer one or the other; hurling is the main one played in Munster, Galway & South Leinster while the further north you go, the more likely it is that gaelic football is the most played. There are exceptions (like Kerry in Munster being the most successful football team and Galway & Cork oftentimes being good at both), but that's the general rule.

[@22grena]

Gaelic football is more popular in Cork.

[@zombievikinggaming4258]

@@22grena They have a decent hurling team all the same

[@oisinmccarthy8717]

@@22grena hurling is much more popular in cork. Football is only bigger in some areas

[@AlainnCorcaigh]

​@@22grena Hurling is definitely more popular in Cork than football

[@LeinsterJackie]

“She came straight from work” 😂 I’m so happy you’ve found hurling, it’s amusing to see it how it’s viewed through new eyes. It is bonkers but amazingly skillful and entertaining. The ladies version is called Camogie.

[@douglaswright2143]

It looks absolutely brilliant, a combination of skills from cricket, hockey and gaelic football / aussie rules.

[@adrianwall4294]

Great to see someone enjoying our game - but you have to watch it in real-time, or ate least extended highlights to get a feel for the game!

[@olliegueret2963]

Fraxinus, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45-65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of subtropical species are evergreen. The genus is widespread across much of Europe, Asia, and North America

[@dannyoconnor8357]

Hurling requires great hand -eye co-ordination,If you are right handed you carry your hurl in your right hand,meaning you have to catch the ball with your left hand -this takes loads of practice ,before it becomes natural instinct.This is not a game for wimps,but to have played hurling -no other sport can match,your hurley becomes an extention of your right arm,and young lads carry their hurls with them all the time.

[@ivanhughes8699]

Love that Tony pronounced it shlaw as if that was the weirdest. It's actually pretty close! Sh-lith-ar is the best phonetic way I reckon. Keep up the good work chief! ❤😂🇮🇪

[@Gobhnait]

It's a religion in Munster and South Leinster. I'm from Ulster and I don't really get it tbh. We played Gaelic, rugby, basketball and football in school. I played hurling once when the GAA had some initiative to get kids in non hurling counties to play it. It would be tough to get hurling played widespread when they can't even get it played in every county in Ireland. It was fun to play though..

[@NegativeAccelerate]

Yeah same. When I was younger there weren't any campgie clubs near me. I rly rly wanted to play since lots of my relatives had hurled for Cork. But I lived in athlone and there weren't any camogie clubs. But there were like 15 gaelic clubs in a 40km radius.

[@kroche90]

It's probably the opposite where I'm from in north cork. It's all hurling and very little Gaelic football.

[@paulhmull]

I'm pretty sure Canadian Ice hockey and hurling have links. They use a puc, we used to call the *ball* the puc.

[@soundsean]

Ash is a type of tree native to Ireland

[@irishlad.]

You should watch the last 5 minutes of the tipperary vs kilkenny 2014 All Ireland Final . One of the best games EVER

[@Cillain431]

I would describe hurling as a mix of rugby, football, tennis, and hockey.

[@jamielockdown]

10:56 Helmets only became mandatory at Senior level in 2010.

[@someguyfromtheinternet1658]

Haha that was good craic. It's not really dangerous when played by people who know the game, but it is a perfect combo of ferocity/finesse. Any of the Clare v Limerick games last year would showcase that.

[@peadarr]

I love it, "and now without further ado.." cut to youtube ad break

[@conormcmahon379]

Limerick are playing Kilkenny in the Allianz League Final on Sunday at 2pm Irish time

[@abrahamtomahawk]

Ash comes from the European ash tree (Fraxinus excelsior is its Latin name if you like that sort of thing).

[@peterwhite2681]

Great stuff

[@anthonyryan30]

When you’re watching the action shots remember that if you’re touch tight to your opponent it’s almost impossible for their hurley to hit you, unless they’re trying to do you, which isn’t unusual. When you swing the extension of your arms mean the length of your arms is a radius where the hurley won’t hit.

[@JohnDoe-sw5rj]

Or in layman's terms, get in tight and you won't get hurt (as much).

[@chichipersiancat]

i often used to puck a sliotar on the pitch on portage road on my days off good times indeed

[@JackMcCabeFL-USA]

Great vlog. I'm a Yank of Irish heritage and love the purely amateur GAA sports. I live FL. I also love Cricket, Rugby, and Basketball, but not American baseball or football. Yeah, not a typical American. Btw, check out Camogie too.

[@Samizouza]

Dwelling on "Irish heritage" sports with the hurling, definitely Gaelic football next for you to react to and I'm not even Irish 😂

[@conwayniall]

It's like 'litter' with a 'sh' at the beginning.

[@gallowglass2630]

Gaelic football would be noticeably bigger nationally ,but they are large swathes like county cork where hurling is much more popular ,basically it follows a north and west ark for gaelic football whereas hurling is more southeastern with the exception of antrim in the north east

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

Best game in the world rugby comes in second

[@blustery_tabletop]

You're hilarious, love your reaction 😂❤

[@kilo1981]

This is one of the most exciting games of the last few years in my opinion. There's actually similarities IMO between Waterford & Kilkenny in Hurling and Ireland & NZ in Rugby, with Kilkenny being the gold standard for many years and Waterford being the exciting/nearly-boys up until a few years ago. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYOTcpeYo7iWiJo

[@anthonyryan30]

I’m from an area which doesn’t give a sh1t about Gaelic football. My county - Cork - play both, in general there are football areas and hurling areas and very few which play both. We used be the powerhouse of hurling but we’re lost in the desert of our longest barren spell in history. The final of the League - the second most prestigious competition is next Sunday, 9 April so get your vpn out and set your alarm. It’ll be a good match, Kilkenny v Limerick.

[@x-latetv-x6816]

Myrtleville is better 😁

[@copper12copper38]

a good footballer is a bad hurler peoples republic of CORK

[@paulobrien3764]

You are not far off a bottle of milk yourself 😂

[@NoddyOLeary2010]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 Great Video funny shit, Best sport in the world 🌎

[@WizRyan]

Just search biggest hurling hits, the championship is just about to start so also search for All Ireland final highlights. Also the closer you are to your marker the less it will hurt if you do get hit by the hurl

[@thomasenright5282]

Ash tree, that is what a hurly was made from, there are new ones made for some other stuff, can't remember what.

[@wgiblet]

Gaelic football has the same basic rules but no stick and a football instead. Slower and less skilled but more popular cus its more accessible. Hurling tends to be played in the regions where cricket pitches used to be and the football more in the poorer land. Big generalisation but when we got our independence in the 20s we began to play these banned sports again and it was easier to play hurling on the better cricket surface.

[@brendanholohan7237]

l'd describe football as differently skilled as opposed to less skilled but you're spot on about every other detail!

[@pauldoran3353]

Ash as in from the Ash Tree

[@damienoleary2666]

They say back home that "football is for failed hurler's". Cruel but true

[@SerGeon1606]

Great video! Very funny

[@MagZee7]

Here's an iconic point from Cork player Diarmuid O'Sullivan I think you'll enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYbPioR3g8tnb68

[@finbarromahony398]

Watch last 5 mins of final 2014 … video also on KZbin 😊

[@thequietman760]

Dude looks like Casper and he's slagging off the Irish lads 😂🤣

[@tomaslane6018]

One interesting thing between the GAA sports is that there is sort of a north/south divide. Someone made a map of all Ireland winners of the last couple decades and for hurling it’s nearly always southern counties and for football it’s all northern counties. Course it’s not a rule but there is a slight divide (and by north and south I mean whole island not political north south)

[@gallowglass2630]

North and west.For example west clare ,west limerick,kerry and west cork

[@Stereo_mike]

Have a look at the Hurley’s other uses over history

[@ciaranbrk]

As irish as Ennis :D

[@soundsean]

Don't know why people getting bent out of shape over you calling it a stick. We would call it a stick from time to time. I broke my jaw playing hurling (pre faceguards) and I just told people 'I got a belt of a stick'.

[@martinminnock2901]

this is for irish people do u know the best county in ireland (offaly)

[@marcuslamb]

if you want to catch some game highlights - the last 5 mins of Kilkenny vs Tipperary in 2014 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKqnXnSZr6x7hpI&pp=ygUmbGFzdCA1IG1pbnV0ZXMgb2Yga2lsa2VubnkgdiB0aXBwZXJhcnk%3D

[@tommoommot9736]

Phrenetic ally it’s “schlitter”

[@kevrotherham1350]

Follow the munster championship starting soon. The winners play the winners of other provinces

[@christianmccann9400]

Irish tribes used hurling in ancient time s to settle disputes instead of tribal warfare

[@oisinmccarthy8717]

There’s a video on KZbin of the last 15 minutes of the 2013 All Ireland final which I would recommend. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ2pZZeaj9KDnpY

[@ablacknambercat]

Surprisingly few serious injuries though Ireland has the highest rate of cruciate ligament injuries in the world, due to the need to turn on a heel so much as part of the game. 'She came straight from work' Might have because this is played by people with day jobs.

[@carefulwatcher3073]

The "ball" is called a "sliotar" - I think teh best phoentic speeling in english would be "sh-litt-ar" run the syllables as close togther as you can

[@patrickcullinan3725]

Sh-lit-ther

[@Phil_2007]

Great video mate. You pronounce Sliotar like this - shh-lit-ar.

[@feoil]

On the question of injuries, hurlers learn from a young age where not to put their heads. Cruciate injuries are common though, because the twisting and turning shown by the elite hurlers is quite hard on the knees. No one is really interested in making Gaelic games professional, we play for pride.

[@ianhamilton403]

ankle injuries are most common,calf muscles and hamstrings.....they are the ones that you can't carry on from....I played with broken fingers many of times....pretty standard injury...pull it straight and a bit of tape and burst on.....can't run off the others tho 😂😂

[@pauldoran3353]

There is no debate really on going professional, nobody really wants that, not even the players, the players do get expenses and from time to time there are calls for the players to be better compensated, but profesionalism would open up the whole area of players transferring to different teams, which is totally against the ethos of the games. You can only play for the county were you were born or where you live. As regards Gaelic Football v Hurling, they are both gaelic games and most clubs and counties have both a Gaelic Football team and a Hurling team (as well as LGFA (ladies Gaelic Football and Camogie (Ladies hurling). Gaelic Football is more widespread throught the island of Ireland, whereas hurling while played in every county is only strong in roughly a third of the counties, mainly in munster and south leinster. There is a definite hurling community and a football community and there is a healthy rivalry between them.

[@johnomahony5241]

Hurling is an incredibly skillful game, and the big games viewed by crowds rivalling the English Premiership. It has the skills of soccer, tennis, cricket, hockey, baseball, rugby and lacrosse. You can not play it without getting some kind of injury. In general one gets more injuries when you hang back. The atmosphere at a big game is incredible, and the banter of rival crowds highly entertaining.

[@bernadetteflynn5005]

Slither is the nearest pronunciation

[@pjnolan7989]

Gaelic & Hurling are both part of the GAA (The Gaelic Athletic Association) so there wouldn't be a rivalry between the different sports themselves. Gaelic is 700+ years old & Hurling is about 3000 years old, and is said to be the oldest & fastest field sport in the world. Teams are made up of different Counties like Dublin, Cork, Galway, etc. So obviously Counties would be rivals. There's also smaller local teams in each County, so some players would play for their local team, and if they're good enough they might play for their County. There might be rivalries between local teams, but they'd all come together for their Counties games. Regarding payment, as they are Amateurs they arent paid. They may get Expenses but not much more. Which is ridiculous coz for big games the Stadiums can hold over 80k people @ €90 per person. Which adds up to a whole lotta wedge. So I don't know how that works out.

[@brendanholohan7237]

To pronounce sliotar, just think about litter with an sh in front of it so shlitter if that makes sense!

[@nanno26]

Lol never heard sliotar pronuced that way made me laugh hard . I'm gonna help you out Tony best to pronunciate it SILIT TOR and youll be pretty spot on Tony👍

[@naomhfermin]

Massive discussion about keeping it amateur. At the minute we are winning (amateur and pure)

[@tomjohnston1220]

People think that going commercial would ruin the spirit of the game.

[@paddyspanishman]

Interesting side note, we don't all agree what to call the stick, half the country calls it a hurl, the other half hurley.

[@EyeInTheSkypaulmcmenamin]

Pronounced Schilt-eeerr

[@wgiblet]

Pronounced "SH-LIT-UR"

[@Irish780]

Oldest sport in they world everything came from hurling

[@monzo760]

Sliotar is pronounced slitter 😊❤

[@Sage50147]

Football ball video next...and why Kildare can't win an All Ireland final 😂

[@michaeldaly7630]

A few points! Kilkenny will forever be the greatest at this sport. Second, Gaelic football is no way as skillful. All people from football loving counties will understand why I say it's a stupid pointless sport. Third, the skills of the game haven't changed much in a long time but players have become super fit in recent generations. No sport has such fit athletes. Next, should it be professional? Ah feck don't know! Players deserve it for the level of commitment. They train as much as any professional sport but also hold down full-time jobs. (They have God status in the community) However, people worry whether it could somehow ruin what all (in hurling counties) agree is the greatest game on earth. Finally, to gain the kind of hand eye coordination and learn/practice/master all those skills it is generally agreed (and studied academically) that you need to start playing no later than 6 to get to an intercounty level (highest standard). This is not true of Garlic footing about. Oh, and anyone who says that Gaelic football is better can insert a hurl up .... (musical interlude) ......... arse. It might just help them see sense.

[@oldoddjobs]

Ah here

[@davidpryle3935]

Hurling can only be compared to sports where the players have some type of stick, like Hockey. It’s pointless comparing Hurling to Gaelic football or association football. As to your point that “no sport has such fit athletes”, I’d like to hear what the participants in the Tour de France would have to say about that. One thing about hurling though, it has very few rivals in boasting about how good it is compared to other sports. It’s really strange, most other sports just get on with their chosen sport, and don’t comment on other sports.

[@johnpaulmcdonnell6562]

Pronounce it "slitter"

[@dukekeenan1967]

Shliter.

[@kroche90]

Its pronounced "slitter" like what it would do if it hit you at full speed.. slit 'er

[@x-latetv-x6816]

Slitter

[@tomjohnston1220]

They are Irish, they won't be right wing.

[@PhilipCoogan-d7m]

Ye people are white in the northern hemisphere

[@GamingGaz91]

watch video then react 5 sec then stopping ffs

[@Greetings_From_Cork]

Annoying, isn't he?

[@bfninjamonkey]

Pronounced slitter

[@brendanmaguire4134]

Check out some INTERNATIONAL RULES Aussie Rules mixed with Gaelic Football.. ✌🇮🇪

[@raybo64]

Slitter