TIPPERARY AND TYRONE lead the way as 7 counties are represented in the players award scheme after the 2015 All-Ireland U21 football championship.

The inaugural ‘EirGrid 21 U21 awards’ see champions Tyrone have seven players honoured along with six players from beaten finalists Tipperary.

Beaten semi-finalists Roscommon and Dublin have two award winners while beaten provincial finalists Donegal, Cork, Galway and Kildare have one player apiece.

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Here’s the full list of the 21 players being honoured.

Goalkeepers

Evan Comerford – Tipperary
Sean Fox – Tyrone

Defenders

Ruairi Brennan – Tyrone
Padraig Hampsey – Tyrone
Eric Lowndes – Dublin
Bill Maher – Tipperary
Ross Mulcahy – Tipperary
Kieran McGeary – Tyrone
Ryan McHugh – Donegal
Brian O’Driscoll – Cork

Tyrone's Cathal McShane Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE / SPORTSFILE

Midfielders

Cathal Compton – Roscommon
Cathal McShane – Tyrone
Steven O’Brien – Tipperary
Colin O’Riordan – Tipperary

Tipperary's Steven O'Brien.

Forwards

Lee Brennan – Tyrone
Damien Comer – Galway
Neil Flynn – Kildare
Conor McHugh – Dublin
Daniel McNulty – Tyrone
Diarmuid Murtagh – Roscommon
Kevin O’Halloran – Tipperary

Tyrone's Lee Brennan. Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE Oliver McVeigh / SPORTSFILE / SPORTSFILE

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