ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Kilkenny lead the way with 13 nominations for this year’s GAA-GPA Allstar hurling awards.
The Opel sponsored event also sees beaten finalists Tipperary get 11 nominations while semi-finalists Limerick and Cork have seven and six respectively.
Wexford (3), Dublin (2), Clare, Offaly and Galway (all one each) complete the 45-player list. The awards will be presented at the annual Allstars banquet in Dublin on Friday October 24th.
Four members of last year’s Allstar winning team are nominated on this occasion – Richie McCarthy, Liam Rushe, Patrick Horgan and Conor McGrath.
In all there are 15 players on the shortlist who have previously won Allstar awards with Kilkenny’s JJ Delaney (6) and Jackie Tyrrell (4) both multiple award winners while Rushe, Paul Murphy, Padraic Maher, Noel McGrath, Michael Fennelly, Eoin Larkin and Richie Power all have previously won two awards.
The list of nominees in full is:
Goalkeepers
Darren Gleeson (Tipperary)
Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
Alan Nolan (Dublin)
Full-backs
Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)
JJ Delaney (Kilkenny)
Seamus Hickey (Limerick)
Richie McCarthy (Limerick)
Stephen McDonnell (Cork)
Paul Murphy (Kilkenny)
Paddy Stapleton (Tipperary)
Liam Ryan (Wexford)
Jackie Tyrrell (Kilkenny)
Half-Backs
Kieran Bergin (Tipperary)
Cillian Buckley (Kilkenny)
Mark Ellis (Cork)
Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
Padraic Maher (Tipperary)
Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
Liam Rushe (Dublin)
Lorcan McLoughlin (Cork)
Wayne McNamara (Limerick)
Midfielders
Paul Browne (Limerick)
Lee Chin (Wexford)
Conor Fogarty (Kilkenny)
Richie Hogan (Kilkenny)
James Ryan (Limerick)
Shane McGrath (Tipperary)
Half-Forwards
Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
Michael Fennelly (Kilkenny)
Declan Hannon (Limerick)
Conor Lehane (Cork)
Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher (Tipperary)
John O’Dwyer (Tipperary)
Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny)
TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
Conor Cooney (Galway)
Full-Forwards
Alan Cadogan (Cork)
Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
Shane Dowling (Limerick)
Patrick Horgan (Cork)
Conor McDonald (Wexford)
Colin Fennelly (Kilkenny)
Richie Power (Kilkenny)
Conor McGrath (Clare)
Brian Carroll (Offaly)