Firstly these are professional writers who are paid to watch and report on the game I love. I assume these writers are constantly watching hurling like me so therefore they should easily be able to identify our top hurlers by their helmet type, jersey number and all round physique.
These journalists are under pressure and time constraints granted, but if they are in a press box can they not confirm with some of the many other journalists present - “hey who scored that?”
I don’t get it, there simply should be no margin for error here, these are professional people who should pride themselves on the accuracy of their writing on the game we love.