The ball, called a sliotar, is small and hard, like a baseball.

However the ball (or sliotar) is rarely played along the ground.

Prior the game, there was debate between the teams as regards the size of the sliotar.

A player can only side charge another if the charged one is playing or possessing the sliotar.

A forfeit point was given against a player carrying the sliotar over his own goal line.

The best hurling players can smash a sliotar through the air about 100 yards.

Jimmy Kelly met the sliotar on the drop and set it over for a point with the last puck of the game.

Called a sliotar, it is a subject to strict regulations as regards its size, mass and composition.

The game was not a good game with players referring to the sliotar as being like a bar of soap.

It was with his dog that Doyle learned the basic skills of hurling and, in particular, the need to control the sliotar.

Because of this the pitch was extremely slippery while the sliotar was also difficult to control.

Scoring is achieved by sending the sliotar (ball) between the opposition's goal posts.

Although the attempt on goal was blocked, the sliotar flew over the bar for a Kilkenny point.

When striking the sliotar, the Fitzmaurice brothers did not bend their elbows.

The sliotar ended up in the Limerick net, thus opening the floodgates for a remarkable finish.

Playing in his usual midfield position he struck the sliotar on the ground and scored a goal from forty-five yards out.

The match begins with the referee throwing the sliotar in between the four midfielders on the halfway line.

She could hit a sliotar (Irish hurling ball) further than any other girl of her age in Ireland.

Pennek and The Sliotar finished with a flourish but the winner had already flown.

A powerful striker, she was capable of turning defence into attack with one puck of the sliotar.

He could have sent the sliotar into the net for a goal, however, in a sporting gesture, he handpassed it over the bar.

During a pre-match warm-up in front of Hill 16 he got hit in the face with a sliotar, suffering a broken nose.

A hurling ball is a sliotar.

It is very similar to a hurling sliotar in that it resembles an American baseball with more pronounced stitching.

Captain Mikey Maher stepped up, took the free and a forward 'charge' carried the sliotar over the line.