THE MEATH HURLERS lead the way in this year’s Ring, Rackard, Meagher Champion 15.
The Royals claim five spots on the Team of the Year after their Christy Ring Cup final win over Derry, with six counties represented in total.
Sean Geraghty, Simon Ennis, and James Toher are the Meath defenders selected, with Jack Regan and Éamon Óg Ó Donnchadha joining them from the forward line.
Nicky Rackard Cup winners Wicklow have three players included in Andrew Kavanagh, Christy Moorehouse and Andy O’Brien, while there’s two representatives a-piece from Ring and Rackard runners-up Derry and Donegal respectively: Riche Mullan and Cormac O’Doherty; and goalkeeper Luke White and Danny Cullen.
A pair of Monaghan’s Lory Meagher Cup champions are also recognised — Niall Garland and Niall Arthur — with Lancashire forward Conor Madden completing the selection.
We are delighted to announce the #GAA Ring, Rackard, and Meagher Team of the Year for 2023. In total 6 counties are represented on the team! Comhghairdeas leo uilig! 🌟#GAAChampion15 pic.twitter.com/lTDpqtS5KW
— The GAA (@officialgaa) October 24, 2023
Ring, Rackard and Meagher Cup players were asked to nominate outstanding performers in their competitions, with an independent selection committee adjudicating on the final team based on player performances, supported by video footage and county nominations.
The awards will be presented at a gala black-tie function in Croke Park this Friday night [live from 7pm on gaa.ie], along with the Joe McDonagh Cup Team of the Year, Tailteann Cup Team of the Year and overall Player of the Year accolades.
The Joe McDonagh and Tailteann Cup Teams of the Year will be announced over the next two days.
Champion 15 Team of the Year 2023
1. Luke White (Donegal – Nickey Rackard)
2. Seán Geraghty (Meath – Christy Ring), 3. Andrew Kavanagh (Wicklow – Nickey Rackard), 4. Simon Ennis (Meath – Christy Ring)
5. Richie Mullan (Derry – Christy Ring), 6. James Toher (Meath – Christy Ring), 7. Danny Cullen (Donegal – Nickey Rackard)
8. Cormac O’Doherty (Derry – Christy Ring), 9. Niall Garland (Monaghan – Lory Meagher)
10. Conor Madden (Lancashire – Lory Meagher), 11. Jack Regan (Meath – Christy Ring), 12. Éamon Óg Ó Donnchadha (Meath – Christy Ring)
13. Christy Moorehouse (Wicklow – Nickey Rackard), 14. Andy O’Brien (Wicklow – Nickey Rackard), 15. Niall Arthur (Monaghan – Lory Meagher).
Let the black card witch-hunt begin. Lead by the masters of cynical play Tyrone, big surprise!
Donegal not happy with it neither that’s their game plan out the window
Dublin won an All Ireland with it, Mayo did it to them the year before. Nobody is innocent here, Harte’s Tyrone got 3 All Irelands by playing in the rules of the game it’s up to the rest to put it up to them as all teams play with the same rules.
are you saying dublin won a championship with cynical play?
No, I’m saying Dublin played by the rules of the sport to win, Mayo did the same to get to two All Irelands and Tyrone did it to tie for Team of the Decade. You play to win or you don’t want it badly enough Paul.
I think the black card will effect Donegal and Tyrone more beacuse they play on the edge I dont agree with the blackcard anyway as if a incident is bad enough to send a player off its a redcard
Still think, given time, it will be positive. There’ll always be mistakes made, but you can see that body checking the third man runner has already been stamped out.
It was a poor decision from Goldrick, no getting away from it.
Coldrick made a mistake – get over it! The black card is a great idea for the first 65 minutes of a match – teams will still do what it takes to get a win so I can still see lads getting dragged down, etc. Being able to replace only the first 3 black cards helps in this regard.
You shouldn’t be able to replace a black carded player in the last 5 mins.
Yeah 2 people who argued against it before it was introduced saying the same thing after it has led to confusion.. can’t wait until further controversies effect your own teams and we then have you all backing the black card and not being critical of officials or rules at all as its only a tyrone and donegal thing obviously. ..
First Mickey heart, now Peter Canavan.
they see the writing on the wall daragh the two blackcards should have been redcards