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Published 11:54 17 Jul 2019 BST
Updated 11:56 17 Jul 2019 BST
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So, what exactly is Ultimate Frisbee? It's a non-contact, self-referring sport that involves goal-scoring with discs on a pitch with end-zones on each end. A goal is scored when the disc is caught in the end-zone being attacked by the team, sounds pretty straight forward right? WRONG. There's forehands, there's backhands, there's jumping, sprinting, collisions, you name it! We thought long and hard about how best to showcase this sport and we decided that getting an Irish rugby player and an All Star Dublin footballer to compete on concrete would be the best way. Lads, it got competitive fast. https://twitter.com/Herdotie/status/1151229768307634176 You can watch the full episode of PlayXPlay below (see who throws the best disk at 17.05) or listen to the show here. You can watch last weekend's women's ultimate frisbee final here.“My warmest congratulations to the Irish women's ultimate frisbee team on winning gold at the European championships - a wonderful milestone in the history of this fast-growing sport.”
— President of Ireland (@PresidentIRL) July 8, 2019
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