Kilkenny, well beaten in this year’s All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final by neighbours and rivals Tipperary, have received eight nominations for this year’s GAA/GPA Opel Hurling All-star Awards.
No Kilkenny players are included in the three man shortlists for Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year.
Having secured their first All-Ireland win since 2010, Tipperary lead the way with 15 nominations; Waterford and Galway have nine and six respectively; Clare three, Welford two while there is a nomination for Cork and Limerick also.
Eoin Murphy, Paul Murphy, Padraig Walsh, Cillian Buckley, Conor Fogarty, Richie Hogan, Walter Walsh and TJ Reid are all in the running for the 15-man All-Star team for this year.
Here’s the list in full
Goalkeepers
- 1. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
- 2. Darren Gleeson (Tipperary)
- 3. Colm Callanan (Galway)
Defenders
- 1. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)
- 2. James Barry (Tipperary)
- 3. Daithí Burke (Galway)
- 4. Tadhg de Búrca (Waterford)
- 5. Shane Fives (Waterford)
- 6. Pádraic Maher (Tipperary)
- 7. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
- 8. Paul Murphy (Kilkenny)
- 9. Pádraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
- 10. Cillian Buckley (Kilkenny)
- 11. Michael Cahill (Tipperary)
- 12. Séamus Kennedy (Tipperary)
- 13. Diarmuid Byrnes (Limerick)
- 14. Noel Connors (Waterford)
- 15. Philip Mahony (Waterford)
- 16. Cian Dillon (Clare)
- 17. Pádraig Mannion (Galway)
- 18. Matthew O’Hanlon (Wexford)
Midfielders
- 1. Jamie Barron (Waterford)
- 2. David Burke (Galway)
- 3. Michael Breen (Tipperary)
- 4. Conor Fogarty (Kilkenny)
- 5. Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
- 6. Kevin Moran (Waterford)
Forwards
- 1. Séamus Callanan (Tipperary)
- 2. Austin Gleeson (Waterford)
- 3. Richie Hogan (Kilkenny)
- 4. Patrick Maher (Tipperary)
- 5. Pauric Mahony (Waterford)
- 6. John McGrath (Tipperary)
- 7. Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
- 8. John O’Dwyer (Tipperary)
- 9. Walter Walsh (Kilkenny)
- 10. Conor Cooney (Galway)
- 11. Tony Kelly (Clare)
- 12. Dan McCormack (Tipperary)
- 13. Joe Canning (Galway)
- 14. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
- 15. Michael Walsh (Waterford)
- 16. Lee Chin (Wexford)
- 17. Colm Galvin (Clare)
- 18. Alan Cadogan (Cork)
Player of the Year Nominees
- 1. Austin Gleeson (Waterford)
- 2. Pádraic Maher (Tipperary)
- 3. Séamus Callanan (Tipperary)
Young Player of the Year Nominees
- 1. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
- 2. Austin Gleeson (Waterford)
- 3. Shane Bennett (Waterford)
The final 15 will be announced live at a banquet in Dublin’s Convention Centre on Friday, November 4.
