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    I signed up for this today at the Freshers Fair (went along to sign up for more sports than i currently do), it's the first year of my uni (Sheffield Hallam) doing this sport so am hoping to take part.

    I watch it on TV but the rules are confusing so i have been wondering lately why i have signed up for it?
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    I think the basic concept is to whack the white ball with a stick, it looks to me like Gaelic Football, however the ball is smaller and you have a stick.

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    A mixture of hockey with murder... it's class!
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    with their own desires" -- Susan B. Anthony

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    I've never played, but it looks exceptionally difficult to take up at an advanced age. I think you need to start playing when you're about three. I entered a Puc Fada competition once in my youth and didn't manage to register a score.

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    God's game Martin. You'll love it. It was once the only sport in world where a catholic could wave a stick at a protestant and not get lynched.
    "And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.

    And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."

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