AND IT’S BACK.
The GAA hurling season kicks into gear with the 2017 league action next weekend with Clare the defending champions.
Let’s see how many of these past champions you can identify.
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Do you know this member of Cork's 1998 winning side?
INPHO
Alan Browne
Seanie McGrath
Mark Landers
Pat Ryan
Who is this player from Galway's triumphant team in 2004?
INPHO
Fergal Healy
Eugene Cloonan
Kevin Broderick
David Forde
Name this hurler from Limerick's victory in 1997?
INPHO
Mark Foley
TJ Ryan
Barry Foley
Ollie Moran
Any idea who this is from Dublin's success in 2011?
INPHO
Stephen Hiney
Conal Keaney
David O'Callaghan
Niall Corcoran
This man lined out for Kilkenny in their 2002 final win. Who is he?
INPHO
Martin Comerford
Peter Barry
Andy Comerford
John Hoyne
Can you identify Tipperary's victorious captain from 1999?
INPHO
Tommy Dunne
Eddie Enright
Eamonn Corcoran
Brian O'Meara
A champion with Offaly from 1991, can you name him?
INPHO
Johnny Pilkington
Michael Duignan
Brian Whelehan
Hubert Rigney
Which player from Waterford's 2007 success is this?
INPHO
Stephen Brenner
Clinton Hennessy
Ian O'Regan
Brendan Landers
Cork saw off Wexford in a three-game saga to claim honours in 1993. Who's the Rebel hurler pictured here?
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Tomas Mulcahy
Teddy McCarthy
John Fitzgibbon
Jim Cashman
And finally, can you name this player from Tipperary's 2001 league triumph?
INPHO
Mark O'Leary
Liam Cahill
Declan Ryan
Philip Maher
PA
You scored out of !
Gold
Top of the pile, you really were paying attention.
PA
You scored out of !
Silver
Not too bad at all. If you'd paid a little more attention you could have won the gold.
PA
You scored out of !
Bronze
The questions just didn't suit you this time.
PA
You scored out of !
Wooden Spoon
Well now. There's not much we can say about that. Do you even like hurling?
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