Contests in our games should always be encouraged. They have given us some of the most iconic images and encounters. Dont let the twitter coaches deny us this. They did it in football for far too long already.
Slow down the puckouts. Bring back the contest.
The football rule changes are in their infancy and we havenāt seen the full effects, which will only come with time. In my view goals will end up becoming all but extinct from the game if the two point point persists and the goal remains at 3 points. Thereās very little mathematical incentive for teams to even think about goals. Weāll likely see the game slow down considerably as time goes on with teams consistently recycling the ball between midfield and the arc with no pressure possible from behind as three opposing players have to stay in the other half. What happened at the end of normal time in the Donegal-Tyrone Ulster under-20 final will become very common.
Three points for a goal in hurling is probably too little. Five might even be more appropriate.
A consistent elephant in the room in hurling is the size of the boss. That more than anything is what has changed the game in the last 25 years and led to tippy tappy, 0-33 to 1-28 shot fests and the decline of both ground and overhead pulling.
Thereās plenty of lads who will/cannot admit this.Its already improved the game no end.Still a few tweaks needed but weāll get there.
Player takes 6 steps, jersey gets pulled, takes another 7 steps, somehow not brought back for free. Happens too much when a player is through on goal.
That Donegal v Tyrone U20 game was the first real test of the rules in a proper knockout setting and it was a very unsatisfactory situation.
Tyrone were way better but 2x2 pointers for Donegal kept them in touch and then ahead.
Donegal were very harshly punished for a 50m penalty for not handing the ball back around the middle which lead to a tap over free on the 13 to tie up the match.
The less said about the last five minutes then the better.
In extra time then, with Donegal chasing the game, they were punished for breaking the 3 back rule when they all poured forward looking for a late goal.
This is correct when you look at the increase in the amounts of points being scored even to twenty years ago.
Itās an awful pity these teams didnāt know about these rules before they started the match.
The level of reprogramming needed for these poor divils in Ulster is off the charts
I saw a club team try this at a low level of hurling recently and it hilariously backfired on them as the full-back hanpassed it beyond the keeper and into the net.
I can imagine what the auld lads standing on the bank made of that 
Can a sideline be changed to a free? I got done for dropping the ball on the ground rather than handing it back, to much confusion as the ball had actually gone out off an opposition player. Thankfully the ref just decided on some arbitrary distance rather than a free on the 13 and they missed it. Iāve been pinged for the 3 up as well when my man actually admitted that I hadnāt crossed the halfway line.
This is one of the main issues at the moment now IMO. players just running endlessly and the ref with his arm up giving advantage. Clare got a goal last year in their annual beating of wexford where Shane O Donnell took about 14 steps but was fouled halfway through. I shouted steps and the Clare man beside me said āah but sure he was fouledā. So yeah, go take your free, you cant just keep running as long as you want because youāre fouled.
Youāre only obliged to hand the ball back after committing a foul in possession (e.g. overcarrying, overholding, charging) so the referee was wrong to ping you for not doing it for a line ball. Kicking/throwing the ball away after a line ball is a 50m advance alright.
@Fagan_ODowd would have battered that cunt
If refs were more strict about steps it would force the player to release the ball faster. Might eventually cut down those steps/being fouled incidents.
