Hurling: hurley, sliotar and county championships
Hurling is played fifteen against fifteen with a stick called the hurley and a small ball known as the sliotar. Like Gaelic football it is governed by the GAA, and the site's betting rules cover both games in a single section, 10.44. Most of the play goes through the stick: the ball is struck on the ground or in the air, and a player can run while balancing it on the hurley or bouncing it there. In the hand, it may be carried for no more than four steps.
Three points for a goal, no two-point shot
Scoring is simpler than in Gaelic football. A ball driven into the net under the crossbar is a goal, worth three points; one that sails over the bar between the posts adds a single point. The GAA's hurling rules have no two-point score, because the 40-metre arc is marked for football only. Scores read goals-points, and the converted total alone decides the winner.
The site counts 60 minutes of play, in two halves of 30, or 70 minutes, in two halves of 35, depending on the competition. Extra time, if played, never comes into a pre-match bet.
The groups in the line, and why Galway stands apart
Each group is a club competition. A county pits its own clubs against each other, and the county champion moves on to the provincial club championship. Galway breaks the pattern: Connacht no longer runs a provincial club competition, so the Galway champion carries the province's name into the All-Ireland club championship. Groups currently found in the pre-match line:
Name on the site | Tier | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|
Galway Championship | county | the winner goes straight to the national stage on Connacht's behalf |
Cork Championship and Cork Championship. Senior A | county | two separate groups for one county, the second naming its grade |
Antrim Championship | county | a club competition of the county of Antrim |
Munster Club Championship | province | open to county champions only; the winner represents Munster nationally |
To reach the fixtures, open Galway club hurling games or the Munster club championship. The list of groups shifts as the Irish season goes on.
Reading a hurling fixture in the list
Every fixture shows its date and start time, then the two clubs, top and bottom. The three prices after them carry the labels W1, DRAW and W2: the first belongs to the top club, the last to the club underneath. Tap the game to open its page, where the 1X2 block sits next to a search box for market names.
Everything else on offer before kick-off is collected in the 1xBet line across all sports. Bets are placed in dirhams after you sign up.