IT’S A CLEAN sweep for All-Ireland champions Limerick as their starting fifteen from last month’s final success have all been nominated for the 2018 GAA-GPA PWC All-Star hurling awards.
The 45-player shortlist has been released today for this year’s awards which recognise the star players from the 2018 hurling championship action.
All of Limerick’s players will be chasing their first All-Star with the three most recent recipients from the county – Richie McCarthy, Seamus Hickey and Shane Dowling – all amongst the substitutes for the decider triumph over Galway.
Eight counties in total have nominations. Limerick are followed in the rankings by beaten finalists Galway with nine nominees, there are seven Cork players recognised, with five hurlers from both Clare and Kilkenny in the running.
Two players from Wexford – Liam Ryan and Paudie Foley – along with Dublin’s Chris Crummey and Tipperary’s Jason Forde complete the list.
There are seven players from the 2017 All-Star side nominated on this occasion – Padraic Mannion, Daithi Burke, Mark Coleman, David Burke, Joe Canning, Conor Whelan and Patrick Horgan.
Both David and Daithi Burke will be chasing their fourth consecutive All-Star.
The list of nominees in full is:
Goalkeepers
- Anthony Nash (Cork)
- Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
- Nickie Quaid (Limerick)
Defenders
- David McInerney (Clare)
- Mark Coleman (Cork)
- Colm Spillane (Cork)
- Chris Crummey (Dublin)
- Daithi Burke (Galway)
- Adrian Tuohy (Galway)
- Padraic Mannion (Galway)
- Aidan Harte (Galway)
- Cillian Buckley (Kilkenny)
- Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
- Sean Finn (Limerick)
- Mike Casey (Limerick)
- Richie English (Limerick)
- Diarmaid Byrnes (Limerick)
- Declan Hannon (Limerick)
- Dan Morrissey (Limerick)
- Paudie Foley (Wexford)
- Liam Ryan (Wexford)
Midfielders
- Colm Galvin (Clare)
- Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork)
- David Burke (Galway)
- James Maher (Kilkenny)
- Cian Lynch (Limerick)
- Darragh O’Donovan (Limerick)
Forwards
- Peter Duggan (Clare)
- John Conlon (Clare)
- Shane O’Donnell (Clare)
- Daniel Kearney (Cork)
- Seamus Harnedy (Cork)
- Patrick Horgan (Cork)
- Joe Canning (Galway)
- Cathal Mannion (Galway)
- Conor Whelan (Galway)
- Jonathan Glynn (Galway)
- TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
- Kyle Hayes (Limerick)
- Gearoid Hegarty (Limerick)
- Tom Morrissey (Limerick)
- Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
- Seamus Flanagan (Limerick)
- Graeme Mulcahy (Limerick)
- Jason Forde (Tipperary)
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Manager won’t spend millions to replace a player that will only be out for 4-6 weeks. Definitely newsworthy alright……..
Time for Harvey to shine and hopefully stay injury free not rocket science really i
I’m surprised they never tried to require Coutinho. He’s very capable and after a bright start last season he looks utterly bored at Villa. There are several teams in the top 6 or 7 that would be improved by having him in their squad. Probably something to do with bad feeling when he left but he’d be a better option than even a fit Tiago.
@Gearóid MacEachaidh: I’m not. He’s a shadow of the player he once was. Thiago is far better in that position
@Gearóid MacEachaidh: nah man…bored? That ain’t it…he was bit part at Barcelona & Bayern…his form has dropped off dramatically since he left liverpool where he was loved and basically the main man. Thanks for the memories Couthino and the quiet frankly ludicrous transfer fee that funded VVD & Alison to send liverpool right back to the top.