In Aus. there was/is a programme called Wide World of Sports, which, occasionally would show some of those two - it seems to me, hurling requires a very stong nerve indeed, and how more don't get injured from ball or stick baffles me; also enjoyed a bit of gaelic football, and a combo. game when the Irish take on Australian rules footballers...I presume it still happens..? However, see even less of these sports now that I'm back in England.