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==Game and Rules== The game consists of two thirty-minute halves. There is a half-time interval of 15 minutes. In event of extra time, halves must consist of 10 minutes each. Each team has 15 players on the field. Within the 15 players the team must consist of one goalkeeper, three full back players, three half back players, two centre-field players, three half forward players and three full forward players. There is a minimum requirement of 12 players on the pitch at all times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.camogie.ie/files/Administration+Section/Playing+Rules+2014.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116004430/http://www.camogie.ie/files/Administration+Section/Playing+Rules+2014.pdf |archive-date=16 January 2018 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The rules are almost identical to [[hurling]], with a few exceptions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/CamogievHurlingRuleDifferences/tabid/60/Default.aspx|title=Rule Differences on Camogie.ie website|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> *Goalkeepers wear the same colours as outfield players. This is because no special rules apply to the goalkeeper and so there is no need for officials to differentiate between goalkeeper and outfielders. *A camogie player can hand pass a point over the bar from play (hand passing a goal is forbidden in camogie since 2021 and forbidden in hurling since 1980). *Camogie games last 60 minutes, two 30-minute halves (senior inter-county hurling games last 70, which is two 35-minute halves). Ties are resolved by multiple 2Γ10-minute [[Sudden death (sport)|sudden death]] extra time periods; in these, the first team to score wins. *A smaller [[sliotar]] (ball) is used in camogie β commonly known as a size 4 sliotar β whereas hurlers play with a size 5 sliotar. *If a defending player hits the sliotar wide, a 45-metre puck is awarded to the opposition (in hurling, it is a 65-metre puck). *After a score, the goalkeeper pucks out from the 13-metre line (in hurling, he must puck from the end line). *The metal band on the camogie stick must be covered with tape (not necessary in hurling). *Side-to-side charges are forbidden (permitted in hurling). *Two points are awarded for a score direct from a sideline cut (since March 2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/ladies-sticking-with-skirts-as-oflynn-backs-rules-makeover-3066426.html|title=Ladies sticking with skirts as O'Flynn backs rules makeover - Independent.ie|access-date=15 January 2018}}</ref> * Players can choose to wear [[skirt]]s, [[skort]]s or [[shorts]]. [[File:Garda V Defence Forces (8121574946).jpg|thumb|A camogie match in action]] [[File:Garda V Defence Forces (8121567016).jpg|thumb|Players may catch the ball with their hand]] Under the original 1903 rules both the match and the field were shorter than their hurling equivalents. Matches were 40 minutes, increased to 50 minutes in 1934, and playing fields {{convert|125|-|130|yard}} long and {{convert|65|-|70|yard}} wide. From 1929 until 1979 a second crossbar, a "points bar" was also used, meaning that a point would not be allowed if it travelled over this bar, a somewhat contentious rule through the 75 years it was in use. Teams were regulated at 12 a side, using an elliptical formation, although it was more a "squeezed lemon" formation with the three midfield players grouped more closely together than their counterpart on the half back and half-forward lines. In 1999 camogie moved to the [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] (GAA) field-size and 15-a-side, adopting the standard GAA butterfly formation. ===Field and equipment=== [[File:Garda 1255 (8121328116).jpg|thumb|A camogie helmet lies beside a [[hurley (stick)|hurley]]]] ====Field==== The field is not of a fixed size, but must be {{convert|130|to|145|m|yd}} long by {{convert|80|to|90|m|yd}} wide. ====Sticks==== The length of the stick, called a "[[hurley (stick)|hurley]]", varies depending on the player's height. ===Goals and scoring=== [[File:Scoring in Gaelic games - H shaped posts.png|thumb|Goalposts and scoring system used in camogie]] {{Main|Scoring in Gaelic games}} H-shaped goals are used. A team achieves a score by making the ball go between the posts. If the ball goes over the bar for a "point", the team earns one point. If the ball goes under the bar for a "goal", the team earns three points.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/CamogiePlayingRules/tabid/59/Default.aspx|title=Rules of Camogie on Camogie.ie website|access-date=15 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726063641/http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/CamogiePlayingRules/tabid/59/Default.aspx|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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