The Sunday Game name their hurling team of the year

The Sunday Game have named their hurling team of the year.

The panel of Henry Shefflin, Michael Duignan, Liam Sheedy, Ger Loughnane, Eddie Brennan, Brendan Cummins and Cyril Farrell made their selections on the long-running RTE show a few hours after Tipperary beat Kilkenny 2-29 to 2-20 at Croke Park to claim the All-Ireland Championship.

Tipp have seven representatives on the team, Kilkenny have four, and two each from Galway and Waterford complete the team.

Here’s the panel’s team of the year:

1. Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny).
2. Cathal Barrett – (Tipperary).
3.  James Barry – (Tipperary).
4. Daithi Burke – (Galway).
5. Padraig Walsh (Kilkenny).
6. Ronan Maher (Tipperary).
7. Padraic Maher (Tipperary).
8. Jamie Barron (Waterford).
9. David Burke (Galway).
10. Walter Walsh (Kilkenny).
11. Austin Gleeson (Waterford)
12. Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher (Tipperary).
13. Richie Hogan (Kilkenny).
14. Seamus Callanan (Tipperary).
15. John McGrath (Tipperary)

And here’s each panelist’s choice for hurler of the year:

Henry Shefflin: Padraic Maher

Michael Duignan: John McGrath

Liam Sheedy: Seamus Callanan

Ger Loughnane: Padraic Maher

Eddie Brennan: Seamus Callanan

Brendan Cummins: Seamus Callanan

Cyril Farrell: Seamus Callanan

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