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Marine Harvest Shinty / Hurling International – Ireland v Scotland …………. 4 Days To Go! | |
22 October 2013 Scotland Head Coach Drew McNeil has some fresh ideas to combat the threat posed by the Irish ahead of the 2013 Marine Harvest Shinty / Hurling International series between Ireland and Scotland. Ireland have held the upper hand since the home and away series was introduced and they gave the Scots a torrid time in the first test in Ennis last year. However Scotland were victorious on their last visit to Croke Park and this should give the squad confidence. Head Coach Drew McNeil has taken pointers from last year’s encounters, especially the meeting in Ireland. “We will try some different things this year,” said McNeil. “We are going to be less passive and stop the Irish soloing. We hope to achieve this by tackling with our hands like the hurlers. We will also look to be more aggressive to stop the hurlers “wrapping us up” in tackles as happened last year.” Some aims remain the same though and McNeil added, “As usual we are out to portray the great sport of shinty, the players who play it, and the game’s great skills and attributes, in the best possible way.” Series Details Scotland and Ireland meet in the first Marine Harvest Shinty / Hurling test at Croke Park on Saturday 26 October 2013. Throw-in is at 4.15pm and the match will be televised live by Irish channel TG4 (available over the internet) and broadcast later by BBC Alba. The second test between Scotland and Ireland takes place a week after on Saturday 2 November 2013 at the Bught Park, Inverness. Throw-in is at 2pm and the match will be televised live by BBC2 Scotland and TG4. The second test will be preceded by the Shinty / Camogie meeting between Scotland and Dublin and the U21 Shinty / Hurling meeting between the two countries. Picture courtesy of www.neilgpaterson.com |