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Composite rules shinty-hurling (sometimes known simply as shinty-hurling" or, particularly in Ireland, compromise rules) is a hybrid sport which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between shinty players and hurling players.
The first games played were challenge matches between Scottish representative teams and Irish sides which took place in the 1920s. Following intermittent international games between Scotland and an all-Ireland team before the Second World War, controversy arose as the British Government put pressure upon the Camanachd Association to cease from cooperating with the Gaelic Athletic Association, disapproving of their perceived anti-British viewpoint.
However, universities in both countries kept the link going after the war and this led to a resumption of international fixtures between the two codes in the 1970s.
Shinty-hurling is one of few team sports in the world without any dedicated clubs or leagues. It is currently played by both men's and women's teams only in tournaments or once-off internationals. The women's form of the game is called shinty/camogie.
In recent years the Irish have had the upper hand but the Scots won the fixture narrowly in 2005 and again in 2006, this time at Croke Park, Dublin albeit with the Irish fielding weaker players from the second tier Christy Ring Cup. The game in 2006 was played prior to the final International rules football fixture between Ireland and Australia.
The 2007 game was held in Fort William, Scotland on 13th October at An Aird, Fort William as part of the Royal National Mod and was won by Scotland 4-10 (22) to 1-8 (11).
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