ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONS Tipperary have six representatives on The Sunday Game’s Hurling Team of the Year for 2019.
The team, voted on by a selection of the programme’s panellists, also featured four players from runners-up Kilkenny, two apiece from beaten semi-finalists Limerick and Wexford, and one from Cork.
Tipperary’s midfield maestro Noel McGrath was named as the panel’s Hurler of the Year, narrowly edging out his team-mate and captain Seamus Callanan, while Kilkenny’s Adrian Mullen was selected as Young Hurler of the Year.
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— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) August 18, 2019
The Sunday Game Hurling Team of the Year
1. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
2. Sean Finn (Limerick)
3. Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
4. Cathal Barrett (Tipperary)
5. Brendan Maher (Tipperary)
6. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny)
7. Padraic Maher (Tipperary)
8. Diarmuid O’Keeffe (Wexford)
9. Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
10. Lee Chin (Wexford)
11. TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
12. Colin Fennelly (Kilkenny)
13. Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
14. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary)
15. Patrick Horgan (Cork)
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Tipp deserves All-Ireland champs but TJ is surely the best hurler in the country? Kk wouldn’t have been near a final if it wasn’t for him
@Matthew Gaynor: incorrect, Patrick Horgan is head and shoulders above TJ Reid.
@kieran: head and shoulders above TJ Reid..???
I’ve heard some crazy accusations in my time but this takes it… Horgan is a serious hurler but your comment is the equivalent of saying a Bourbon is better than a Custard cream both phenomenal in they’re own way. These guys are the two best of the biggest hurling counties in the land and to say one is no comparison to the other is ridiculous…. Both on another level (with Séamus Callanan and Joe Canning the best in the land
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@Matthew Gaynor: t.j has scored one point from play in 4 of his last 5 matches
@Tony Mcgrath: and was man of the match in a couple of those games? While being double marked. It’s not about what he scored, it’s about what he does
@kieran: and Lee Chin is better than the 2 of them
1. E Rowland
2. S Finn 3. L Ryan 4. R Maher
5. B Maher 6. P Walsh 7. P Maher
8. N McGrath 9. L Chin
10. J Forde 11. TJ Reid 12. A. Mullen
13. A Gillane 14. S Callanan 15. P Horgan
Only wan tipp forward
@Who ate all depays?: exactly. looks like they’re spreading the love. Bet the all stars are completely different.
@Who ate all depays?: Tipp got 6 in the team. Whi else would you include and who would you leave out ?
@Ardmore02: with so many games being played with the round robin, it’s easier for players to put themselves forward for all stars/ team of the year. You shouldn’t get one Just coz you didn’t make the final. Best players/individual performances should get it, not just down to the team your from.
Tj without a doubt
Gillane did not deserve to be included. Better more consistent forwards this year to pick instead.
@Caoimhín O’Cheallacháin: Who would you pick instead of Gillane? He’s been double marked most of the year so he’s done great. And also done great in the league.
@Caoimhín O’Cheallacháin: Name one better please?
Reid fails to score from play in several games, Murphy concedes 3 in the biggest game of the year.
It would remind you of the Hurler of the Year who was taken off in the Munster Final and won Nothing that year.
Its a popularity contest, not a serious Hurling team.
No Waterford player? Thought Mcgrath would have pushed to get one in at least, bit of a joke.
No Mannion?
@Daniel Goddard: Go back to bed.
Think Niall O’Meara deserves consideration. Basically stepped in a Bonnar shaped hole and scored the match defining score with his goal
@Johnny 5: Scored 0-1 in 7 games before today. Doesn’t warrant inclusion based on that.
Although no doubting he was excellent today.
@Colm O’Sullivan: he only played in one of Tipps round Robin games and only came off the bench against Limerick in the Munster Final.
Aaron Gillane does not deserve to be on the team of the year. Done nothing against Cork Tipp both days and Kilkenny if its a free taking contest to be on the team of the year then Jason Forde who scored more from play than either Gillane or TJ Reid deserves to be on that team
@Michael McGrath: 9 points v cork, 4 points v tipp and assist to Peter Casey for goal, 1-9 v kilkenny also limerick target man all year and while he scores lots of frees he also wins many of those frees himself so fully deserving of place on the team
Surely Bubbles should be in the team of the year over Colin Fennelly?
No Matt o Hanlon?
Wasn’t it strange that only two players were chosen from each of the provincial champions. Also I feel that Patrick Horgan should have been chosen as the hurler of the year. Look at the game and score he had against Kilkenny.