Club Hurling All-Stars announced

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CLUB ALL-STARS Hurling Teams of the Year 2023

This is the 9th year of the Awards, which began in 2013. This year the inaugural Senior B team of the year has also been selected.

The players will be honoured at the Club Team All-Star Presentation night in McCarthy’s Kilbeacanty on Friday November 24th.

  • Conor Cooney, Eanna Burke and Shane Cooney pick up their 5th awards and the trio lead the way in terms of awards won, while Fintan Burke wins his 4th award
  •  Daithi Burke picks up his 3rd award while Kevin Cooney, James Regan, Conor Walsh and Jamie Ryan receive their second awards. There are 6 first time winners: Gerald Kelly, Shane Morgan, Darren Morrissey, Daniel Loftus, Ger Farragher and Sean O’Hanlon
  •  County Senior Champions St Thomas have 6 representatives, while County Finalists Turloughmore have 4. Semi finalists Loughrea and Sarsfields have two representatives each. One set of brothers selected – Conor and Shane Cooney, while Ger Farragher wins Castlegar’s first Club All Star award
  • 81 Senior Club players have been honoured over the 9 years of the Awards from 18 different clubs. There was no Senior team of the year selected in 2021 & 2022

CLUB ALL-STARS Senior B Hurling Team of the Year 2023 Sponsored by McCarthy’s of Kilbeacanty:

  • Padraic Mannion becomes the first player since the inception of the Awards to have been selected on the three teams. The Galway star was selected on the Senior team of the year in 2020 at midfield, while he was selected on three occasions on the Club All Star Intermediate team of the year. He was wing forward in 2014 and 2015, and picked at centre back on the 2016 team
  • County Champions Mullagh have 6 representatives, with finalists Ahascragh Fohenagh having 4 players selected
  • There are three sets of brothers selected – Ronan and Davy Glennon, Cathal and Padraic Mannion and Paddy and Sean Hardiman
  • Sean Morrissey was on the Senior Team of the year in 2017, while Cathal Mannion has 4 Intermediate Team of year awards

 

CLUB ALL STARS Intermediate Hurling Team of the Year 2023 Sponsored by McCarthy’s of Kilbeacanty:

  • Over the 8 years time span of the Intermediate team of the year, 78 Intermediate players have been honoured from 19 different clubs
  • Sylane and Tynagh Abbey Duniry are represented on the Club All Stars team for the first time
  • Conor Whelan is winning his 6th award, Roy Lane wins his 3rd and John Fleming wins his 3rd award with the previous two in the forwards
  • Kevin Killilea is the first Club All Star winner from the Carnmore Club
  • There was no Intermediate team of the Year selected in 2020, 2021 or 2022
  • County Intermediate champions Ballinderreen have 7 on the team, while finalists Tynagh Abbey Duniry have 3