Eleven Each for Finalists in Vodafone GAA Hurling Awards
Thursday, October 13
All-Ireland hurling champions Cork and beaten finalists Galway share top billing on the Vodafone GAA All Stars nominations list announced on Thursday.
The teams receive 11 nominations each on the list of 45 players for the awards, the winners of which will be announced live on RTE at the gala banquet on November 25 at Dublin’s City West Hotel.
Eight of last year’s All Stars - Damien Fitzhenry, Diarmuid O’Sullivan, Tommy Walsh, Sean Og O’hAilpin, Jerry O’Connor, Henry Shefflin, Eoin Kelly (Tipperary) and Brian Corcoran - are nominated again for awards.
Three sets of brothers, Jerry and Ben O’Connor (Cork), Paul and Eoin Kelly (Tipperary) and Fergal and Niall Healy (Galway), are nominated.
Cork’s Brian Corcoran who has won All Star awards at right corner back, centre half back and full forward and received his first award in 1992 is again nominated amongst the forwards.
An intriguing and perhaps surprising inclusion among the nominees is Tipperary's gangly full forward Michael Webster, who secured a starting place in Ken Hogan's team in his first year of intercounty hurling.
A total of eight counties are represented in the list of nominees. The counties are represented as follows: Cork (11), Galway (11), Clare (7), Kilkenny (5), Tipperary (4), Waterford (3), Wexford (3), Limerick (1).
The full list of nominations for the Vodafone GAA Football All Stars is as follows:
Goalkeepers: David Fitzgerald (Clare), Donal Og Cusack (Cork), Damien Fitzhenry (Wexford), Defenders: Pat Mulcahy (Cork), Diarmuid O’Sullivan (Cork), Brian Murphy (Cork), John Gardiner (Cork), Sean Og O hAilpin (Cork), Ollie Canning (Galway), Derick Hardiman (Galway), David Collins (Galway), Tony Og Regan (Galway), Richie Mullally (Kilkenny), Noel Hickey (Kilkenny), Brian Lohan (Clare), Sean McMahon (Clare), Gerry Quinn (Clare), Diarmuid Fitzgerald (Tipperary), Peter Lawlor (Limerick), Tony Browne (Waterford), Darragh Ryan (Wexford).
Midfielders: Jerry O’Connor (Cork), Tom Kenny (Cork), David Tierney (Galway), Fergal Healy (Galway), Paul Kelly (Tipperary), Colin Lynch (Clare).
Forwards: Ben O’Connor (Cork), Brian Corcoran (Cork), Joe Deane (Cork), Ger Farragher (Galway), Damien Hayes (Galway), Alan Kerins (Galway), Niall Healy (Galway), David Forde (Galway), Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny), Henry Shefflin (Kilkenny), Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny), Eoin Kelly (Tipperary), Micheal Webster (Tipperary), Eoin Kelly (Waterford), Seamus Prendergast (Waterford), Des Mythen (Wexford), Diarmuid McMahon (Clare), Tony Carmody (Clare).
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Thursday, October 13
All-Ireland hurling champions Cork and beaten finalists Galway share top billing on the Vodafone GAA All Stars nominations list announced on Thursday.
The teams receive 11 nominations each on the list of 45 players for the awards, the winners of which will be announced live on RTE at the gala banquet on November 25 at Dublin’s City West Hotel.
Eight of last year’s All Stars - Damien Fitzhenry, Diarmuid O’Sullivan, Tommy Walsh, Sean Og O’hAilpin, Jerry O’Connor, Henry Shefflin, Eoin Kelly (Tipperary) and Brian Corcoran - are nominated again for awards.
Three sets of brothers, Jerry and Ben O’Connor (Cork), Paul and Eoin Kelly (Tipperary) and Fergal and Niall Healy (Galway), are nominated.
Cork’s Brian Corcoran who has won All Star awards at right corner back, centre half back and full forward and received his first award in 1992 is again nominated amongst the forwards.
An intriguing and perhaps surprising inclusion among the nominees is Tipperary's gangly full forward Michael Webster, who secured a starting place in Ken Hogan's team in his first year of intercounty hurling.
A total of eight counties are represented in the list of nominees. The counties are represented as follows: Cork (11), Galway (11), Clare (7), Kilkenny (5), Tipperary (4), Waterford (3), Wexford (3), Limerick (1).
The full list of nominations for the Vodafone GAA Football All Stars is as follows:
Goalkeepers: David Fitzgerald (Clare), Donal Og Cusack (Cork), Damien Fitzhenry (Wexford), Defenders: Pat Mulcahy (Cork), Diarmuid O’Sullivan (Cork), Brian Murphy (Cork), John Gardiner (Cork), Sean Og O hAilpin (Cork), Ollie Canning (Galway), Derick Hardiman (Galway), David Collins (Galway), Tony Og Regan (Galway), Richie Mullally (Kilkenny), Noel Hickey (Kilkenny), Brian Lohan (Clare), Sean McMahon (Clare), Gerry Quinn (Clare), Diarmuid Fitzgerald (Tipperary), Peter Lawlor (Limerick), Tony Browne (Waterford), Darragh Ryan (Wexford).
Midfielders: Jerry O’Connor (Cork), Tom Kenny (Cork), David Tierney (Galway), Fergal Healy (Galway), Paul Kelly (Tipperary), Colin Lynch (Clare).
Forwards: Ben O’Connor (Cork), Brian Corcoran (Cork), Joe Deane (Cork), Ger Farragher (Galway), Damien Hayes (Galway), Alan Kerins (Galway), Niall Healy (Galway), David Forde (Galway), Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny), Henry Shefflin (Kilkenny), Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny), Eoin Kelly (Tipperary), Micheal Webster (Tipperary), Eoin Kelly (Waterford), Seamus Prendergast (Waterford), Des Mythen (Wexford), Diarmuid McMahon (Clare), Tony Carmody (Clare).
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