ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Limerick’s dominance this year is reflected in 15 nominations for the 2021 Pwc All-Star awards, after the 45-player hurling shortlist was released today.
John Kiely’s all-conquering team received 14 nominations for their success in the 2020 season and they have gone one better in the 2021 list.
Nine counties in all have players nominated with beaten All-Ireland finalists Cork next in line with nine players in the running. The defeated All-Ireland semi-finalists Waterford and Kilkenny have seven and five nominations respectively.
Then Clare and Tipperary have three apiece while Dublin’s Danny Sutcliffe, Laois player Paddy Purcell and Wexford’s Lee Chin are the representatives for their counties.
There are 13 players from the 2020 All-Star team nominated on this occasion in Limerick’s Nickie Quaid, Sean Finn, Dan Morrissey, Diarmaid Byrnes, Kyle Hayes, Gearoid Hegarty, Cian Lynch, Tom Morrissey and Aaron Gillane, the Waterford duo of Jamie Barron and Stephen Bennett, Clare’s Tony Kelly and Kilkenny’s TJ Reid.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
2021 All-Star Hurling Nominees
Goalkeepers
- 1. Patrick Collins (Cork)
- 2. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
- 3. Nickie Quaid (Limerick)
Defenders
- 1. Rory Hayes (Clare)
- 2. Mark Coleman (Cork)
- 3. Robert Downey (Cork)
- 4. Sean O’Donoghue (Cork)
- 5. Tim O’Mahony (Cork)
- 6. Paddy Deegan (Kilkenny)
- 7. Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)
- 8. Seán Finn (Limerick)
- 9. Dan Morrissey (Limerick)
- 10. Barry Nash (Limerick)
- 11. Diarmaid Byrnes (Limerick)
- 12. Declan Hannon (Limerick)
- 13. Kyle Hayes (Limerick)
- 14. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)
- 15. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
- 16. Kieran Bennett (Waterford)
- 17. Calum Lyons (Waterford)
- 18. Conor Prunty (Waterford)
Midfielders
- 1. Cathal Malone (Clare)
- 2. Tony Kelly (Clare)
- 3. Paddy Purcell (Laois)
- 4. William O’Donoghue (Limerick)
- 5. Darragh O’Donovan (Limerick)
- 6. Jamie Barron (Waterford)
Forwards
- 1. Seamus Harnedy (Cork)
- 2. Patrick Horgan (Cork)
- 3. Shane Kingston (Cork)
- 4. Jack O’Connor (Cork)
- 5. Danny Sutcliffe (Dublin)
- 6. Eoin Cody (Kilkenny)
- 7. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
- 8. Gearoid Hegarty (Limerick)
- 9. Cian Lynch (Limerick)
- 10. Tom Morrissey (Limerick)
- 11. Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
- 12. Seamus Flanagan (Limerick)
- 13. Peter Casey (Limerick)
- 14. Jason Forde (Tipperary)
- 15. Stephen Bennett (Waterford)
- 16. Austin Gleeson (Waterford)
- 17. Dessie Hutchinson (Waterford)
- 18. Lee Chin (Wexford)
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Not a fan of project players but the rules are the rules. Saying that Lowe plays with a smile on his face and attacks players for fun. . One think for sure it will be worth watching.
Think he’ll really liven up our attack! Always looking for work.
@Donal Peoples: ..well for sure heads up rugby is his forte and we need to be adding that to game.
Waiting for the multiple articles from Neil Francis and co. decrying project players. We had it with Bundee, Stander, and to a certain extent Kleyn last year. Heard nothing about JGP so we’ll see about Lowe prior to his debut. I’ve a feeling it will be very quiet.
@Aaron: so you’d like a clown like francis to abuse a player who has declared for Ireland just because he’s a leinster player?
@Chris Mc: I’d like to see if Francis writes negative articles about project players from Leinster joining the Irish set up. It would be inconsistent if he didn’t.
@Chris Mc: I think everyone on here is board of the issue by now but it would be interesting to see how it plays out in mainstream media
He’s done great as an attacker. But his defence is very suspect.
So who’s in the back three with him on the wing?
@Davedental: IF hes on the left wing then for me it would be Earls if fit on the right with Keenan at 15.
@Chris Mc: no Conway on right wing.. Earls 33 now, time to start looking to future !
@Darren Mullins: Conway is nearly 30 so on that basis he’s not the future either, so in that you stick with Stockdale
@Chris Mc: Stockdale is left footed, can’t tackle and can’t catch so definitely not !
@Davedental: Is there anything to be said for Conway at 15?
You’re all gonna whinge and moan but itll be stockdale at 15. Then as soon as he has a good game everyone will pretend they werent calling for his head and always supported him. 14 is either conway or Keenan. I dont see the point in picking Earl’s at his age. Hes good to have in the squad to pass on knowledge but he wont be there come the world cup and isnt that much better than anyone else to justify continued selection.
@Darren Mullins:
Stockdale will be the first name on the team sheet for all the obvious reason.
That is almost a guarantee