TIPPERARY’S ENTIRE ALL-Ireland winning team have been nominated for the 2016 GAA-GPA Opel All-Star hurling awards.

The 15 Premier players have been selected as the champions lead the way in this year’s 45-player shortlist.

All-Ireland semi-finalists and league finalists Waterford are next with nine nominees, while Leinster champions and All-Ireland finalists Kilkenny have eight players nominated.

There are six Galway players in contention along with three from league champions Clare.

Wexford have two nominees and there are one apiece from Cork and Limerick.

The team will be selected next month with the awards presented at a banquet in Dublin’s Convention Centre on Friday 4 November.

The list of nominees in full is:

Goalkeepers

1. Colm Callanan (Galway)

2. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)

3. Darren Gleeson (Tipperary)

Tipperary goalkeeper Darren Gleeson James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

Defenders

1. Cian Dillon (Clare)

2. Daithi Burke (Galway)

3. Padraig Mannion (Galway)

4. Cillian Buckley (Kilkenny)

5. Paul Murphy (Kilkenny)

6. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)

Kilkenny's Padraig Walsh Ryan Byrne / INPHO Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHO

7. Diarmuid Byrnes (Limerick)

8. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)

9. James Barry (Tipperary)

10. Michael Cahill (Tipperary)

11. Seamus Kennedy (Tipperary)

Tipperary's Seamus Kennedy James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO

12. Pádraic Maher (Tipperary)

13. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)

14. Noel Connors (Waterford)

15. Tadgh de Búrca (Waterford)

Waterford defender Tadgh de Búrca Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

16. Shane Fives (Waterford)

17. Philip Mahony (Waterford)

18. Matthew O’Hanlon (Wexford)

Midfielders

1. David Burke (Galway)

2. Conor Fogarty (Kilkenny)

3. Michael Breen (Tipperary)

4. Brendan Maher (Tipperary)

5. Jamie Barron (Waterford)

Kilkenny's Conor Fogarty tackles Waterford's Jamie Barron. Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

6. Kevin Moran (Waterford)

Forwards

1. Colm Galvin (Clare)

2. Tony Kelly (Clare)

3. Alan Cadogan (Cork)

Cork hurler Alan Cadogan Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

4. Joe Canning (Galway)

5. Conor Cooney (Galway)

Conor Cooney celebrates scoring a goal for Galway against Tipperary Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

6. Richie Hogan (Kilkenny)

7. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)

8. Walter Walsh (Kilkenny)

9. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)

10. Patrick Maher (Tipperary)

11. Dan McCormack  (Tipperary)

12. John McGrath (Tipperary)

Tipperary's John McGrath and Seamus Callanan celebrate their win Morgan Treacy / INPHO Morgan Treacy / INPHO / INPHO

13. Noel McGrath (Tipperary)

14. John O’Dwyer (Tipperary)

15. Austin Gleeson (Waterford)

16. Pauric Mahony (Waterford)

Waterford hurler Pauric Mahony Cathal Noonan / INPHO Cathal Noonan / INPHO / INPHO

17. Michael Walsh (Waterford)

18. Lee Chin (Wexford)

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