‘Victory dance in the piazza' – Inside Jacqui Hurley's Switzerland trip representing Ireland on global stage

The Irish Sun

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JACQUI Hurley has been living the baller lifestyle on and off the court while representing Ireland in Lugano, Switzerland.
She's
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The Cork woman has chronicled every step of the journey on Instagram
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They qualified in style by topping their pool
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This led to a 'victory dance' in the local town square
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Jacqui, third from the left, returned to the international scene after a long break
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At the time of writing they still have hopes of going all the way, having booked their spot in the tournament's last-16 by topping their pool.
That mini-achievement was duly celebrated by the whole squad with Hurley convincing everyone to take part in a TikTok-style dance trend.
She captioned that particularly fun bit of holiday social media content: "Victory dance in the piazza."
Despite her hectic broadcasting schedule, she has
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The 41-year-old represented Ireland internationally in basketball in her 20s before having to focus on her budding career with
Understandably, this made last week's milestone of
She reflected on Instagram: "Full circle moment to be heading off to play for Ireland again this week at @ticino2025.
"A real privilege to be able to do it at this stage of our lives & so special to get to play with so many former teammates again.
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"Looking forward to making more memories with an incredible group at Basketball Ireland Masters!
"And never fear, there's more tik-toks on the way in our downtime!!"
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Earlier this year Hurley
She remarked: "I turned 41 very recently and I reckon the football will have to go. I'll move into a coaching role in that respect. But the basketball is something I'd like to play into my 50s.
"There are so many former Irish internationals that I've known down the years, and they are still playing. I'd love to play on an Irish Masters team and travel with them. Someday, hopefully."
As if that wasn't enough of a packed playing CV with which to boast of, she also played camogie for Cork in her 20s.
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They beat Chile 55-34 in their opening fixture
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The Sunday Game host still managed to keep abreast with events at Croke Park over the weekend
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In that same interview she delved into how she has to be mindful of her natural biases when covering Gaelic Games.
She laughed: "Ah no, when Cork was playing in the All-Ireland hurling final last year, I was sitting beside Anthony Daly and we almost had to be separated.
"We did have great craic, but I'm emotionally invested in the GAA, and it can be very hard to detach myself.
"But you must keep bias separate. When the Cork camogie team won down the years – I would have played with a lot of them.
"But you must keep your emotions in check on air, because you're a broadcaster and journalist first and foremost and have a job to do."