To date, Hurling for Cancer has raised €1.9 million. I'll tell you what was really pleasing for me was that Cian Lynch said one day that they really enjoy coming to play it. It just about sums up the magic crossovers that come at Hurling for Cancer. "Unfortunately, I suppose, cancer is just a disease that kind of hits every household really," Russell says. Hurling for Cancer takes place on Monday, August 24th at Netwatch Dr Cullen Park, Carlow.