How hurling & camogie scoring works
Hurling, and camogie with it, keeps goals and points apart in the scoreline the way Gaelic football does. With totals often in the twenties and thirties, the figure in brackets is the one that settles arguments.
Goals and points
A goal is worth three points: the sliotar crossing the goal line between the posts and under the crossbar. A point is worth one: the sliotar over the crossbar between the posts. An attacker may not score by carrying the ball over the line or by playing it with the hand, except by striking it in flight.
Reading a scoreline
Goals first, then points: 3-21 is three goals and twenty-one points, 30 in total. Because the total decides the game, a team can score more goals and still lose: 0-27 (27) beats 4-14 (26).
Playing time
Two halves of 30 minutes at club level, with time added for stoppages; inter-county senior championship and league games are two halves of 35 minutes. Camogie is 60 minutes, two halves of 30. County boards set shorter games for under-15 grades and younger.
Two-point sideline cuts
The camogie playing rules (effective 2025) give two points for a sideline cut struck directly over the crossbar, provided nobody touches it in flight. Hurling has no 2-point score in its main rules; the same sideline rule is being trialled in third-level hurling from October 2026. Where it applies, the two points go into the points column.
Extra time and penalties
Extra time is two halves of 10 minutes in hurling and camogie alike. In knockout games that must have a winner on the day, a game still level after extra time is decided by penalties: five each, goals only, then sudden death.
What Score All does with these rules
Goals, points and the scoreline
A goal (the sliotar in the net, under the crossbar) is worth 3 and a point (over the bar between the posts) is worth 1. Scores are written goals first, so 2-18 is two goals and eighteen points, 24 in total. The higher total wins: 0-26 beats 3-15. Score All shows 2-18 (24) on the console, the scoreboard link, the TV and the overlay.
Halves and the clock
Club hurling is two 30-minute halves, inter-county senior hurling two 35-minute halves, and camogie two 30-minute halves. Younger grades are shorter, set by the county board. The clock counts up like the stadium clock and runs on the server.
Camogie: two points from a sideline cut
In camogie (rules since 2025) a sideline cut struck straight over the bar, untouched, is worth 2, written into the points column as 2. Hurling is trialling the same rule in 2026. Switch on the Sideline +2 button and the app counts it.
Draws, extra time and penalties
A drawn knockout game goes to two 10-minute halves of extra time, then, where the competition needs a winner on the day, a penalty shoot-out: five penalties each, goals only, then sudden death. A league game can simply end level.
Hurling & camogie scoring FAQ
How many points is a goal in hurling?
Three. A point over the bar is one.
Is camogie scored the same as hurling?
Yes, goals for three and points for one, with one difference: in camogie a sideline cut struck straight over the bar scores two.
How long is extra time in hurling?
Two halves of 10 minutes with a short break between them. If a winner is needed on the day and it is still level, penalties follow.
How do you read a hurling score like 2-18?
Goals first, then points: two goals and eighteen points. A goal is worth three, so the total is 24, and the team with the higher total wins.
How long is a hurling match?
Two 35-minute halves in inter-county senior hurling and two 30-minute halves in club hurling and camogie, with extra time of two 10-minute halves in a knockout.
Is there a 2-point score in hurling?
Not in the main rules. Camogie awards two points for a sideline cut that goes straight over the bar, and hurling is trialling the same in third-level games in 2026. Both are a switch in the app.
Can I use it for camogie?
Yes. Camogie scores the same way, and its preset sets two 30-minute halves and the 2-point sideline cut.