"If you delay on the ball, they will hurt you"
October 18, 2016
Ireland's Bryan Murphy and Glen Mackintosh of Scotland during the 2015 Hurling-Shinty International Series 2nd Test at Croke Park
Gregory O'Kane has warned his Irish team to be prepared for a physically tough Hurling / Shinty International clash with Scotland.
This year's hybrid rules meeting takes place at Inverness' Bught Park on Saturday and Ireland manager O'Kane - a former Dunloy, Antrim and Ulster hurler - tells The Belfast Telegraph:
"It's physical, it definitely is. If you delay on the ball, they will hurt you. What takes us back is the pace of the game. Even the top hurlers are here, such as John McGrath from Tipperary and people like that. TJ Reid was here last year.
"They are playing in the All-Ireland finals year in, year out. But the pace of the Shinty International, where they can just move the ball from back to front literally within seconds, catches us out. We always find the Irish players need 10, 15 minutes to get up to speed with it."
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