The Sunday Game panel have selected their hurling team of the year

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS KILKENNY dominate the Sunday Game panel’s team of the year, following today’s 1-22 to 1-18 win against Galway in the decider.

The panel — consisting of Donal Óg Cusack, Henry Shefflin, Anthony Daly, Michael Duignan, Ger Loughnane, Liam Sheedy and Cyril Farrell — also unanimously selected Kilkenny forward TJ Reid as their hurler of 2015.

The team is made up of seven players from champions Kilkenny, four from runners-up Galway and two each from beaten semi-finalists Tipperary and Waterford.

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The Sunday Game’s hurling team of the year

Goalkeeper

1. Colm Callanan (Galway)

Full-back line

2. Paul Murphy (Kilkenny)
3. Joey Holden (Kilkenny)
4. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)

Half-back line

5. Daithí Burke (Galway)
6. Tadhg de Búrca (Waterford)
7. Cillian Buckley (Kilkenny)

Midfielders

8. Michael Fennelly (Kilkenny)
9. David Burke (Galway)

Half-forward line

10. Jonathan Glynn (Galway)
11. Richie Hogan (Kilkenny)
12. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)

Full-forward line

13. Ger Aylward (Kilkenny)
14. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
15. Maurice Shanahan (Waterford)

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