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Clash of the Ash (Wednesday): 15 hurleys that paid for their sins

When commitment and sport combine, wood is liable to shatter.

FOR THE DAY thatโ€™s in it, here are the best examples of the clash of the ash.

Tommy Fitzgerald looks for a new hurley.
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  • Tommy Fitzgerald looks for a new hurley.

    Source: ยฉINPHO/Cathal Noonan
  • Cathal Naughton holds onto Declan Fanning's broken hurley.

    Source: Cathal Noonan
  • Brian Hogan breaks his hurley challenging Seamus Prendergast.

    Source: ยฉINPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
  • Joey Boland breaks his hurley in action against Rory McCarthy.

    Source: ยฉINPHO/Lorraine O'Sullivan
  • Clare's Cian Dillon discards a broken hurley.

    Source: ยฉINPHO/James Crombie
  • Galway's Conor Cooney with a broken hurley.

    Source: ยฉINPHO/Donall Farmer
  • Galway's Jonathan Glynn discards a broken hurley

    Source: ยฉINPHO/James Crombie
  • Limerick's Seamus Hickey with a broken hurley.

    Source: ยฉINPHO/James Crombie
  • A broken hurley from a Tipperary county final.

    Source: ยฉINPHO/Donall Farmer
  • Waterford's Shane Walsh with his broken hurley.

    Source: Cathal Noonan
  • Paddy Stapleton breaks his hurley off Richie Hogan

    Source: Cathal Noonan
  • Tipperary's Declan Fanning needs a replacement.

    Source: ยฉINPHO/Morgan Treacy
  • Tommy Walsh breaks his hurley tackling Joesph Cooney

    Source: ยฉINPHO/James Crombie
  • Waterford's Stephen Molumphy breaks his hurley.

    Source: Cathal Noonan
  • A casualty as Dublin and Galway players collide.

    Source: ยฉINPHO/Donall Farmer
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    Mute Eddie Whelan
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    Mar 5th 2014, 6:22 PM

    Declan Fanning retired too early because of the price of hurleys

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    Mar 5th 2014, 7:40 PM

    Id rather break a bone than one of my good hurls

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    Mar 5th 2014, 7:17 PM

    Top hurling counties never refer to a hurley as a hurl

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    Mute John Devane
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    Mar 5th 2014, 7:59 PM

    Only langers call it a hurley

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    Mute John ร“'Rรญordรกn
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    Mar 5th 2014, 6:10 PM

    Great shots, and a nice idea for the day thatโ€™s in it.

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    Mute Brian Lanigan
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    Mar 5th 2014, 6:56 PM

    The way things are going it will be a yellow card for a broken hurl soon

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    Mar 5th 2014, 7:09 PM

    Tommy stone mad for breaking hurleys!

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    Mute Declan Foley
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    Mar 5th 2014, 10:10 PM

    Probably best clash of the ash video Joe Dooley vs Rod Guiney
    http://youtu.be/Dt8pJ3M_tWE

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    Mar 6th 2014, 7:50 PM

    The usual comment about tommy .. Getting boring now

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    Mute Giller
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    Mar 6th 2014, 9:38 AM

    The captions were reaching a bit by the end.

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