Antrim hero Terence McNaughton is the joint-manager of the Ireland team to gace Scotland along with Kilkenny’s Michael Kavanagh
That’s according to Antrim legend Terence ‘Sambo’ McNaughton, who reckons the hybrid of hurling and shinty, in which Ireland play Scotland in Ennis , is a closer relation of the game that he played in his pomp than hurling as we know it today.
Ireland’s 20-man squad is largely made up of players from lower tier hurling counties, though there is some star talent in the shape of Limerick brothers Tom and Dan Morrissey, Kilkenny’s Martin Keoghan and Eoin Cody and Clare pair Shane Meehan and Aidan McCarthy.“Well, the game's different,” he said.
“It's as close to hurling was in my day and probably closer than the game today. We're doing drills now that haven't been done in 20 years, man in the middle moving the ball on down the line. “Eoin Cody asked me a question at training, he said, 'Sambo do you prefer us to try and take our time and look up the field to see who to pass it to?'
“From the background that I have and the county that I'm from, it's a great opportunity for us to prove that there's good hurlers in every county.
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