Have a look at this brilliant images as hurling legends join Irish celebrities for charity game in Newbridge

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During their playing careers hurling legends such as JJ Delaney, John Mullane, Tommy Walsh and DJ Carey would not have been too familiar with the surrounds of St Conleth’s Park, but they managed to delight the large crowd that packed into the Newbridge venue on Tuesday evening.

Davy Russell’s Best, which featured the likes of JJ Delaney, TJ Ryan and Russell himself, along with current county stars Lee Chin and Shane Dowling, beat Jim Bolger’s Stars on a scoreline of 5-24 to 6-15. Bolger’s side contained plenty of Kilkenny hurling legends, with John Tennyson, Tommy Walsh, DJ Carey and Charlie Carter all lining out in blue, while former Irish footballer and Dublin hurler Niall Quinn played in full-forward.

Naas youngster Eoin O’Hehir, a grandson of the great commentator Michael O’Hehir, also featured for Bolger’s side.

It was a fantastic display of hurling, with the likes of Mullane, Dowling and Wexford camogie star Ursula Jacob all delighting the crowd with their array of skills.

The game was organised to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society and it is now in its fifth year. There has so far been €400,000 raised since the Hurling for Cancer Research game became an annual event in 2012, and it continues to go from strength to strength judging by the numbers that flooded through the gates in Newbridge on Tuesday.