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'It was an explosion in my brain... of fantasticness' - Americans REALLY like hurling

The small ball game seems to be catching on Stateside.

THE GOOD PEOPLE of Indiana were given the chance to experience live hurling when Notre Dame University hosted a hurling 11s game last month.

And going by the reaction of this pair, they’ve caught the bug. Interviewed by Marty Morrissey for last night’s Nationwide, the two shade-wearing fans can barely contain their excitement.

“The potential is exponential,” one explains.

There you have it.

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    Nov 7th 2013, 7:55 PM

    Think the guys might have been having a bit of a giraffe :)

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    Nov 7th 2013, 7:59 PM

    Obvious that they were taking the p*ss yet Marty believed the were serious’

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    Nov 7th 2013, 9:33 PM

    Those lads were tripping their balls off

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    Nov 7th 2013, 10:04 PM

    Defo, sun glasses and big words that rhyme

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    Nov 7th 2013, 7:49 PM

    U guys are totally exponential

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    Nov 7th 2013, 10:55 PM

    Marty u idiot,they wer taking the piss & wearing shades one would expect some form of substance in pairs system!

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    Nov 7th 2013, 10:04 PM

    Yeah, taking the piss and don’t forget hurling means something entirely different in the States.

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    Mute Anthony Corcoran
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    Nov 7th 2013, 11:36 PM

    Pity these boys are taking the absolute piss out of Marty! Or they are just American idiots we all know

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    Nov 8th 2013, 1:39 AM

    Yes I too saw it on nationwide yesterday (Mary Kennedy gets me everytime). They showed the game but these guys took the piss big time and carried the day. The slot filmed at notre dame, which resumed with Mary baby looking at a tree or the river Shannon (can’t remember) begged just one question. Did RTE actually believe that these guys were that stoked about hurling or did they know about the narcotics and decide to include it anyway for the craic

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    Nov 7th 2013, 11:06 PM

    Hurling is a great game. Hurling fans have got to stop blowing out their behinds about it. These lads summed up the rest of the worlds interest.

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    Nov 8th 2013, 3:40 AM

    That is not even South Bend, IN. It’s downtown Chicago. These guys were taking the piss out of Marty or they were in on the joke. I was at the Super 11′s and while good, will never take the place of our national game. Was a great weekend all the same and nice for the GAA folk in Chicago to see some of the greatest hurlers the game has produced in action.

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    Nov 8th 2013, 2:42 PM

    Wow you know more about Chicago than 99.9% of people who don’t know anything about Chicago!!

    You’re good.

    Well done you!

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    Nov 8th 2013, 12:53 AM

    Has there been any actual footage of the game released? I’ve yet to see any?

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    Mute Shane O'Donnell
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    Nov 8th 2013, 12:58 AM

    Saw a bit on nationwide yesterday (don’t ask). Looked okay, not enough to really get a feel for it though.

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