Hurlacrosse Club Internationals 2009-2018
| Date | Hurling Team | Lacrosse Team | ||
| 03.12.09 | QUB Hurling | 5 | QUB Lacrosse | 5 |
| 25.09.17 | Darmstadt GAA Hurling | 5-16 (31) | Darmstadt Demons Lacrosse | 11-3 (36) |
| 2017 | Darmstadt GAA Hurling | Darmatadt Demons Lacrosse | ||
| 08.10.18 | Darmstadt GAA Hurling | Darmstadt Demons Lacrosse | ||
| 03.11.18 | Orange County Wild Geese | Team Eire Lacrosse |
Report
The first Hurlacrosse International Rules Hurling v Lacrosse match took place in 2009 in Queen’s University Belfast between the QUB Hurling and Lacrosse Clubs. With a vague set of rules, the match finished 5-5 with a last minute equaliser for the Hurlers.
In 2017 the Darmstadt GAA and Lacrosse Clubs in Germany started a biannual series with the first set of rules drawn up. The first match finished with a Darmstadt Demons Lacrosse team win of 33 points to 31 (3pts for a goal; 1 for a point).
In 2018 the first Hurlacrosse match was organised in North America, between the GAA Club based in Orange County, California and a Team Eire (Irish-American Lacrosse players).
Rules:
A Full Set of Rules, drawn up by Darmstadt GAA and Lacrosse clubs is available here:
[5] Darmstadt GAA (2018) Hurlacrosse Rules [Internet] Available from: https://www.docdroid.net/zvo9I5l/compromise-hurling-lacrosse-english.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2g2j_OEbwXHrlr5UJpDFgCGHowSZYZ3xt_mYUObjFQutfBR6VArC1lE0I [Accessed 25 May 2019]
References:
Websites:
[1] Ireland Lacrosse (2009) Hurlacrosse [Internet] Available from: http://main.irelandlacrosse.ie/2009/12/08/hurlacrosse/ [Accessed 31 December 2017]
Social Media:
[2] Darmstadt GAA (2017) Post September 28 2017:”Hurling/Shinty, Gaelic/Australian Football… Why not Hurling-Lacrosse-Compromise-Rules?” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/DarmstadtGAA/posts/1449318821853190 [Accessed 16 March 2019]
[3] Darmstadt GAA (2018) Post October 9 2018:” Still with sore muscles from last weekend’s tournament in Amsterdam we competed in the third biannual Hurling-Lacrosse-Compromise-Rules match against the Darmstadt Demons yesterday. “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/DarmstadtGAA/posts/1879177485533986 [Accessed 16 March 2019]
Media:
[4] Play Hurling | You Tube (2018) Hurling v Lacrosse | Hurlacrosse | Los Angeles November 3rd 2018 [Internet] Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvIDIe_YxM [Accessed 16 March 2019]
Acknowledgements:
Thanks to Shane Mulcahy, Cillian Murphy, Austin Purton & Ciaran Simms.
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