ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Tipperary have taken seven places on The Sunday Game’s Hurling Team of the Year, with runners-up Kilkenny filling four spots.
And Seamus Callanan was named as the panel’s Hurler of the Year with four of the seven panellists opting for today’s man of the match as the outstanding performer over the course of the season.
Here are the selections in full. What do you think?
The Sunday Game’s Hurling Team of the Year
1. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
2. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)
3. James Barry (Tipperary)
4. Daithí Burke (Galway)
5. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
6. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
7. Padraic Maher (Tipperary)
8. Jamie Barron (Waterford)
9. David Burke (Galway)
10. Walter Walsh (Kilkenny)
11. Austin Gleeson (Waterford)
12. Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher (Tipperary)
13. Richie Hogan (Kilkenny)
14. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
15. John McGrath (Tipperary)
Hurler of the Year
Henry Shefflin: Padraic Maher
Michael Duignan: John McGrath
Liam Sheedy: Seamus Callanan
Ger Loughnane: Padraic Maher
Eddie Brennan: Seamus Callanan
Brendan Cummins: Seamus Callanan
Cyril Farrell: Seamus Callanan
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