BARRING A DRAW there is just one game left in the 2019 All-Ireland senior hurling championship as Kilkenny take on Tipperary today in Croke Park.
The destination of the Liam MacCarthy Cup will be decided but it’s also going to be a game which will have a big bearing on the 2019 All-Stars awards.
The make up of the team always sparks debate but what players do you in pole position right now to land the awards?
Here’s what the All-Star fifteen that a selection of our writers would choose at the moment as the championship enters the final phase.
Let us know who’d make your side.
Gavan Casey
1. Brian Hogan (Tipperary)
2. Paddy Deegan (Kilkenny)
3. Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)
4. Matthew O’Hanlon (Wexford)
5. Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
6. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
7. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
8. Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
9. Diarmuid O’Keeffe (Wexford)
10. Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny)
11. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
12. Lee Chin (Wexford)
13. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
14. Patrick Horgan (Cork)
15. Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
Fintan O’Toole
1. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
2. Sean Finn (Limerick)
3. Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)
4. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)
5. Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
6. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
7. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
8. Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
9. Diarmuid O’Keeffe (Wexford)
10. Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny)
11. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
12. Lee Chin (Wexford)
13. Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
14. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
15. Patrick Horgan (Cork)
Ceimin Burke
1. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
2. Sean Finn (Limerick)
3. Joey Holden (Kilkenny)
4. Matthew O’Hanlon (Wexford)
5. Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
6. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
7. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
8. Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
9. Conor Browne (Kilkenny)
10. Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny)
11. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
12. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
13. Colin Fennelly (Kilkenny)
14. Patrick Horgan (Cork)
15. Peter Casey (Limerick)
Sinead Farrell
1. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
2. Sean Finn (Limerick)
3. Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)
4. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)
5. Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
6. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
7. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
8. Diarmuid O’Keeffe (Wexford)
9. Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
10. Colin Fennelly (Kilkenny)
11. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
12. Lee Chin (Wexford)
13. Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
14. Patrick Horgan (Cork)
15. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
Kevin O’Brien
1. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
2. Sean Finn (Limerick)
3. Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)
4. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)
5. Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
6. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
7. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
8. Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
9. Diarmuid O’Keeffe (Wexford)
10. Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny)
11. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
12. Lee Chin (Wexford)
13. Patrick Horgan (Cork)
14. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
15. Colin Fennelly (Kilkenny)
No Laois players very disappointing enda rowett paddy purcell and jack jelly had tremendous seasons @the42
Adrian Mullen out of KK team for today. Big loss.
@dRod2128: no he is playing all rumors
No Laois player very disappointing paddy Purcell , enda rowatt and jack jelly were tremendous this year
@Siobhan Maher: how could you justify putting a Laois player in an all star team? All they did all year was beat an average Dublin team at home. The Joe Mcdonagh competition is not worth talking about. If a Laois player gets an all star then it’s a joke. Wexford haven’t got an all star in the last few years and they’ve reached many an all Ireland quarter final not just one that Laois have
@ken: enda Rowland is the best goalie in the last decade and jack jelly won motm against Tipp would feel hard done by not to get a nomination
If it’s true Mullen is not playing today it could affect his chances of getting an all star. I think he deserves it mind you. . It’s between himself and Gillane I think. Most of the rest of the team picks itself really
Kevin O’Brien has the closest team I reckon
Thought Sean Finn was a Shoe in all year for corner back but it will be dominated by the finalists I’d say
@Porter Mechanic: I think Sean will get one. But the players who play in the final always seem to get more votes so you could be right
@Porter Mechanic: it’ll be absolute travesty if Finn didnt get one, standout corner back for the last 2 years, head and shoulders above anybody else.