45 PLAYERS HAVE made the long list of the Bord Gáis Energy U21 Hurling Team of the Year with All-Ireland champions Waterford accounting for nearly one-third.
All told, 12 Deise players are nominated with a clean sweep of the Player of the Year award where defender Austin Gleeson is joined by forwards Patrick Curran and Stephen Bennett on the three-man shortlist.
Just two players who were named on the 2015 Team of the Year are again in contention to be honoured.
Limerick’s Richie English who was named at full-back last year could retain his position. Galway’s Brian Molloy, who won an award last year at corner-forward, is nominated for the half-forward berth.
The full judging panel for the awards includes Ger Cunningham; TG4’s Micheál Ó Domhnaill; Galway star, Joe Canning and Waterford great Ken McGrath with the winners announced at a ceremony in Dublin’s Mansion House on Saturday, 8 October.
Full Shortlist for Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year
Goalkeepers:
Jordan Henley (Waterford)
Brian Hogan (Tipperary)
Jonathan Treacy (Dublin)
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Right Corner Back:
James Madden (Dublin)
William Hahassy (Waterford)
Simon Donoghue (Wexford)
Full Back:
Richie English (Limerick)
Conor Gleeson (Waterford)
Eoghan O’Donnell (Dublin)
Left Corner Back:
Tom Fox (Tipperary)
Paddy Delaney (Offaly)
Darragh Lyons (Waterford)
****** Right Half Back:
Cian MacGabhann (Dublin)
Michael Harney (Waterford)
Ben Connelly (Offaly)
To nobody's surprise Waterford lead the U21 Team of the Year nominations
45 PLAYERS HAVE made the long list of the Bord Gáis Energy U21 Hurling Team of the Year with All-Ireland champions Waterford accounting for nearly one-third.
All told, 12 Deise players are nominated with a clean sweep of the Player of the Year award where defender Austin Gleeson is joined by forwards Patrick Curran and Stephen Bennett on the three-man shortlist.
Just two players who were named on the 2015 Team of the Year are again in contention to be honoured.
Limerick’s Richie English who was named at full-back last year could retain his position. Galway’s Brian Molloy, who won an award last year at corner-forward, is nominated for the half-forward berth.
The full judging panel for the awards includes Ger Cunningham; TG4’s Micheál Ó Domhnaill; Galway star, Joe Canning and Waterford great Ken McGrath with the winners announced at a ceremony in Dublin’s Mansion House on Saturday, 8 October.
Full Shortlist for Bord Gáis Energy Team of the Year
Goalkeepers:
Jordan Henley (Waterford)
Brian Hogan (Tipperary)
Jonathan Treacy (Dublin)
Right Corner Back:
James Madden (Dublin)
William Hahassy (Waterford)
Simon Donoghue (Wexford)
Full Back:
Richie English (Limerick)
Conor Gleeson (Waterford)
Eoghan O’Donnell (Dublin)
Left Corner Back:
Tom Fox (Tipperary)
Paddy Delaney (Offaly)
Darragh Lyons (Waterford)
******
Right Half Back:
Cian MacGabhann (Dublin)
Michael Harney (Waterford)
Ben Connelly (Offaly)
Centre Back:
Austin Gleeson (Waterford)
Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
Liam Varley (Westmeath)>
Left Half Back:
Shane Barrett (Dublin)
Ben O’Gorman (Clare)
Seán Loftus (Galway)
******
Midfield:
Jake Malone (Dublin)
Shane Bennett (Waterford)
Darragh O’Donovan (Limerick)
Ronan Lynch (Limerick), Dan Nevin (Galway), Colm Roche (Waterford)
******
Right Half Forward:
Seán Treacy (Dublin)
Michael Kearney (Waterford)
Pa O’Callaghan (Cork)
Centre Forward:
Brian Molloy (Galway)
Andrew Coffey (Tipperary)
Tom Devine (Waterford)
Left Half Forward:
Niall Mitchell (Westmeath)
Shane Gleeson (Clare)
Seán Linnane (Galway)
******
Right Corner Forward:
Patrick Curran (Waterford)
AJ Murphy (Dublin)
Eanna Burke (Galway)
Full Forward:
Stephen Bennett (Waterford)
Stephen Quirke (Tipperary)
Ciaran Doyle (Westmeath)
******
Left Corner Forward:
Chris Bennett (Dublin)
Emmet Nolan (Offaly)
Saul McCaughan (Antrim)
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