The half-time entertainment at the Croke Park Classic today was a Super 11s hurling game between Leinster and Munster, with an array of inter-county players on show. Naturally, the watching Americans, both in the stadium and at home, were suitably enthralled/amused/bemused.
Crowd really getting behind hurling super 11s at half time of #PSUvsUCF #CrokeParkClassic pic.twitter.com/wqUTilBRvj
— Croke Park Classic (@CrokePkClassic) August 30, 2014
Ok I already want hurling to replace baseball
— Troy Caldwell (@BulkModulus) August 30, 2014
The halftime hurling has been the highlight from Dublin so far.
— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) August 30, 2014
Americans in front of me absolutely enthralled by the hurling elevens. Imagine if they saw a full hurling game
— Mark Farrelly (@MarkFarrelly131) August 30, 2014
Hurling is my new favorite sport. Look it up
— Sean Lowery (@SeanLowery20) August 30, 2014
Watching the Penn State game from Ireland. Hurling looks cool but also looks like a way to get hit in the junk with a bat. #NCAAFootball14
— Alan Eads (@aleads1) August 30, 2014
Kind of digging this sport of Hurling. This needs to be in 'Merica.
— BenTMumma (@tanknitrous) August 30, 2014
Irish hurling has replaced cricket as my favorite international sport.
— Drew Gunter (@drewgunter) August 30, 2014
So hurling is similar to lacrosse. Except the other hand is the stick head. #learningthings
— Lee O. (@Leeward61) August 30, 2014
Hurling look tight af
— Rich Homie Ron (@MustBeRon) August 30, 2014
Who wants to get drunk and try to play hurling?
— Eric Gibson (@BSD_Eric) August 30, 2014
Hurling looks pretty cool. Its Lax but no net and you can use hands
— Ryan Snyder (@RivalsSnyder) August 30, 2014
Hurling at halftime. Feel like this ends with some fan getting rocked by a shot and everyone feeling awkward.
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) August 30, 2014
.@dangallo23 It's called "Hurling". Took me multiple google searches to find it.
— Lou From Jersey (@IslanderNation) August 30, 2014
@Fasaloft ..what is this sport of "hurling" I just saw in Dublin? They had them playing it between halves of this football game..
— Flirty Subby Rose (@RosieOOC) August 30, 2014
I would NEVER wanna be a goalie in Hurling. Holy crap.
— Mikey P. (@MikeyyyMike) August 30, 2014
Others were on hand to remind us that skill and bravery are about the last things an American will usually think of when they hear the word 'hurling'
In America, hurling at halftime has a far different meaning.
— Mike Gross (@Mikegrss) August 30, 2014
In Ireland there's hurling on the field at halftime. In U.S., that usually happens in the parking lot before the game. #PennState
— Michael Sisak (@mikesisak) August 30, 2014
On the painfully hokey ESPN2 coverage, Donal Og Cusack made a couple of pronouncements about the game that would suggest that he got slightly carried away after being referred to as the "Michael Jordan of hurling".
Donál Óg Cusack described on ESPN as the Michael Jordan of hurling before he suggests it's perhaps the biggest game in Ireland. Ok so?
— Ewan MacKenna (@EwanMacKenna) August 30, 2014
@EwanMacKenna And said players back at work day after All-Ireland final. Such guff.
— Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) August 30, 2014
@KCsixtyseven Was thinking that. Only lacking a jig at the end.
— Ewan MacKenna (@EwanMacKenna) August 30, 2014
@EwanMacKenna @RonanMoyles Henry Shefflin is obviously the Michael Jordan of Hurling. Donal Og is the Denis Rodman.
— Vincent Foley (@Vin_Foley) August 30, 2014
