Hurling is “in crisis”… or is it? Off The Ball Breakfast digs into the biggest talking point of the 2026 Championship: the structure, its competitiveness, and what (if anything) needs fixing.

Colm is joined by The Times’ Mick Foley and John Meyler — former Cork boss and chair of the Hurling Expert Advisory Group — to separate symptoms from root causes, and to argue why the game has “never been better” while the gap keeps widening.

They chat handpassing, puck-outs, referee support, small tweaks vs radical change, and what the next report - and upcoming trial games - might actually deliver.

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