Shinty/Hurling International Series

Shinty/Hurling International Series
Sport Shinty/Hurling
Founded 1896
Inaugural season 2003
No. of teams 2 (Scotland & Ireland)
Country Scotland
Ireland
Continent Europe
Most recent champion(s) Ireland
Most titles Ireland (7 titles)
TV partner(s) BBC Two (Scotland)
TG4 (Ireland)

The Shinty/Hurling International Series is an annual sports competition played annually between the Ireland national hurling team (selected by the Gaelic Athletic Association) and Scotland national shinty team (selected by the Camanachd Association). The series is conducted according to the rules of Shinty/Hurling, which is a hybrid sport consisting of a mixture of rules from the Scottish sport of Shinty and the Irish sport of Hurling.

Matches are played at men's senior, men's under 21 and women's levels, with Ireland having had the most success in recent years, winning the last six senior series.[1]

History

The first known international fixture between a Scottish shinty team and Irish hurling team occurred in 1896, when the London Camanchd and London GAA local clubs met in a friendly. The following year, the first official series featuring an amalgamation of rules from both sports, occurred at Celtic Park in Scotland between Glasgow Cowal and Dublin Celtic. International tests between all-Scotland and all-Ireland teams were played intermittently prior to World War II, though the anti-British sentiment of the GAA prevented a formalised series from occurring until the 1970s.[2] It was not until 2003 that the Camanachd Association and the Gaelic Athletic Association committed to a yearly series, though in recent years the series has been changed from a single test series to a two test aggregate points series.[3]

In 2013, a sport, known as Iomain, which incorporates a stick that is created specifically for the hybrid game, was trialled at Croke Park, with a view to it being introduced as a replacement for the current series.[4] Currently, the scoring system operates as follows:[5]

Results

Men (2003–09)

Tournament Date Host nation Result Venue Winner Reference
2003 25 October Scotland Ireland 5–9
Scotland 1–13 		Bught Park, Inverness Republic of Ireland Ireland
2004 16 October Ireland Ireland 3–10
Scotland 4–7 		Ratoath, County Meath Draw Report
2005 8 October 2005 Scotland Scotland 4–8
Ireland 2–11 		Bught Park, Inverness Scotland Scotland
2006 5 November 2006 Ireland Scotland 2–13
Ireland 2–5 		Croke Park, Dublin Scotland Scotland
2007 13 October Scotland Scotland 4–10
Ireland 0–11		 An Aird, Fort William Scotland Scotland
200818 October Ireland Scotland 1–10
Ireland 1–9 		Nowlan Park, Kilkenny Scotland Scotland
2009 31 October Scotland Ireland 2–8
Scotland 1–8 		Bught Park, Inverness Republic of Ireland Ireland

Men (2010–present)

Tournament Date Host nation Result Venue Aggregate score & series winner Reference
2010 30 October Ireland Ireland 2–15
Scotland 2–16 		Croke Park, Dublin Republic of Ireland Ireland win 7–21 to 5–23 on aggregate Report
13 November Scotland Scotland 3–7
Ireland 5–6 		Bught Park, Inverness Report
2011 22 October Ireland Ireland 1–16
Scotland 2–8 		Geraldine Park, Athy Republic of Ireland Ireland win 3–25 to 3–19 on aggregate Report
29 October Scotland Scotland 1–11
Ireland 2–9		 Bught Park, Inverness Report
2012 20 October Scotland Scotland 2–9 (19)
Ireland 3–10 (25) 		Bught Park, Inverness Republic of Ireland Ireland win 11–21 (76) to 6–12 (42) on aggregate Report
27 October Ireland Ireland 8–11 (51)
Scotland 4–3 (23)		 Cusack Park, Ennis Report
2013 26 October Ireland Ireland 4–12 (24)
Scotland 2–12 (18) 		Croke Park, Dublin Republic of Ireland Ireland win 5–27 (42) to 2–26 (32) on aggregate Report
2 November Scotland Scotland 0–14 (14)
Ireland 1–15 (18) 		Bught Park, Inverness Report
2014 18 October Scotland Scotland 3–14 (23)
Ireland 2–8 (14) 		Bught Park, Inverness Republic of Ireland Ireland win 4–26 (38) to 3–22 (31) on aggregate Report
25 October Ireland Ireland 2–18 (24)
Scotland 0–8 (8) 		Pairc Esler, Newry Report
2015 24 October Scotland Scotland 3–15 (24)
Ireland 2–8 (14) 		Bught Park, Inverness Scotland Scotland win 5-23 (38) to 4-18 (30) on aggregate Report
21 November Ireland Ireland 2-10 (16)
Scotland 2-8 (14) 		Croke Park, Dublin Report

Under 21

TBC

Women

The women's game is also referred to as Shinty/Camogie. The following is an incomplete table of recent results (missing results from 2011–13).

  • 2003 Oct 25 Ireland 5–9 Scotland 1–13 Inverness
  • 2004 Oct 16 Ireland 3–10 Scotland 4–7 Ratoath
  • 2005 Oct 8 Scotland 4–8 Ireland 2–11 Bught Park, Inverness
  • 2006 Nov 9 Scotland 2–13 Ireland 2–5 Croke Park,
  • 2007 Oct 13 Scotland 4–10 Ireland 0–11 An Aird, Fort William
  • 2008 Oct 18 Scotland 1–10 Ireland 1–9 Nowlan Park,
  • 2009 Oct 31 Ireland 2–2 Scotland 0–0 Bught Park, Inverness[6]
  • 2010 Oct 30 Ireland 6–9 Scotland 2–2 Ratoath[7]
  • 2014 Oct 28 Scotland 4-2 (12) def. Ireland 1-6 (9)[8]

All-time standings

Men

Country Series won Matches won Total scores
Ireland 710 (of 18)147–191 (354)2
Scotland 47 (of 18)1 39–186 (315)2

Updated post 2015 first test
1 One draw has occurred; in 2004
2 Goals in 2012 series worth 5 points

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Preview: Hurling/Shinty International First Test". GAA.ie. 22 October 2015. Ireland have recorded comfortable wins over their Celtic cousins in each of the last six instalments of the competition as it stands, which is being played for the 14th time this year but can be traced back as far as 1897, but have never had it easy in Bught Park.
  2. ↑ A beginners guide to shinty-hurling
  3. ↑ International shinty-hurling test 2014: Preview (GAA.ie)
  4. ↑ See here
  5. ↑ Shinty: Scots confident ahead of Irish showdown (BBC Scotland)
  6. ↑ 2009 Ireland 2–2 Scotland 0–0 report on camogie.ie and fromargull.com
  7. ↑ 2010 Ireland 6–9 Scotland 2–2 report on Camogie.ie
  8. ↑ Shinty/Camogie 2014 match report

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