This Sunday July 20th - on BBC2 at 3pm Live from Croke Park, Dublin..
The All Ireland Hurling Final - Cork v Tipperary, in front of a crowd of 85,000, and these guys dont get paid, they`ll have a few jars after the match then its back to their day jobs on Monday.

Main rules rundown .....

* Ball is called a "Sliotar" pronounced - slittar ( slither of leather)
* Stick is called A Hurley
* 15-a-side
* Over the bar = 1 point ( white flag raised)
* Goal = 3 points ( green flag raised
* Player cannot run more than 4 steps with ball in hand, must do something with it, either wallop it upfield or run with ball balanced on stick
* Cannot throw the ball - the ball can be hand passed - seen to be projected by the hand
* Cannot pick the ball off the ground or touch it on the ground, it must be scooped up by the stick
* If a player loses a stick while in possession of the ball he must get rid of the ball, either by hand pass or kick it
* An "All Star" is a player selected for the team of the year

The rest is basically a free for all

Definitely a match worth watching.

Enjoy.