A contest or match in a stick-and-ball field sport in which players use ash-wood sticks, especially hurling or shinty; used as a name or headline for such fixtures.
A particularly intense or high-profile meeting between teams in those sports.
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A noisy, vigorous, or hostile confrontation or rivalry, especially in a sporting context; a dramatic contest between opponents.