What A Ledgebag: All Blacks Star Joins A Group Of Irish Lads For A Quick Puck About

It's 2013, five years since the Irish recession began, and an emigration trend means that there are now Irish in every corner of the world. 

They're keen to immerse themselves in a new culture, but also intent on keeping their own traditions and loves alive. 

And one of these is, without doubt, the hurley, the "hurl", "the real game", hurling...

All-Blacks rugby star Dan Carter passed by a group of Irish lads playing hurling today in Christchurch and decided to tweet about it. 

One hour later, he tweets a photo of himself attempting a solo himself. Talk about a cool guy... (and he's not bad looking either).