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Shane Dowling

Former All-Star, All-Ireland and Munster-winning Limerick hurler

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Dublin and Waterford face testing Championship openers

Certain teams got passes last year because of Covid complications but there is no more room for excuses, writes Shane Dowling.
GAA • 25 Jun 21

Hurling has changed for better, except for full-backs

Hurling is a more skilful, faster, more intelligent game than it was 10 years ago and changing the sliotar would undo a lot of that improvement. Shane Dowling says you should be careful what you wish for.
GAA • 11 Jun 21

TJ the poster boy for endangered 30-something hurlers

The way the game of hurling is gone now with more emphasis on movement and possession, there is a fear that more and more players will start to hang up the boots before they are 30.
GAA • 04 Jun 21

Risky and unique - Cork playing their own game

There have been some complaints about Cork's reversion to a short-passing game, but if it delivers a first All-Ireland in 16 years you won't hear many complaining on Leeside.
GAA • 21 May 21

Call me Chicken Licken, but shambolic rule ruining game

The change to the advantage rule was a case of fixing something that wasn't broken and will have a disastrous impact on hurling, writes our columnist.
GAA • 14 May 21

High-quality league could spell end for the winter slog

In his first column for RTÉ Sport, Limerick All-Ireland winner Shane Dowling ponders the end of the long pre-season and looks ahead to the opening of the Allianz Hurling League.
GAA • 13 May 21

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