Quote Originally Posted by Prodigal
About the matter of protective clothing, personally I consider lacrosse & hurley to be two of the freakiestly dangerous games due to the fact that you have large pieces of wood being used to hit/catch/throw a hard ball, & as far as I'm aware the players wear next to nothin in terms of body armour.


Hurling is certainly freakishly dangerous to one's smile. Though players are quite often seen wearing helmets now. The moral fibre of the nation is feebler as a consequence - dental surgeons are poorer too.