*Photograph: Gerard O’Neill
MARK RODGERS and Adam Hogan have been nominated for Young Hurler of the Year while Clare has received a total of nine All Star nominees.
Both Rodgers and Hogan are vying to become the first Clare hurler since Tony Kelly (2013) to win the accolade and they are shortlisted alongside Cork’s Ciaran Joyce.
They are included among the nine Clare hurlers nominated for All-Star awards alongside goalkeeper Eibhear Quilligan, defenders John Conlon, Diarmuid Ryan and David McInerney, midfielder David Fitzgerald plus forwards Tony Kelly and Shane O’Donnell.
Last year, David Fitzgerald, Tony Kelly and Shane O’Donnell all received All Star awards.
All-Ireland champions, Limerick lead the way by claiming 14 of the 45 nominations on offer. Clare’s tally of nine nominees is more than All-Ireland finalists Kilkenny (8) with Galway (6), Cork (4), Tipperary (3) and Dublin (1) completing the list.
First held in 1971, the PwC All-Stars represents the highest individual accolade in Gaelic Games. The nominations and the final 15 teams are chosen by a panel of Gaelic Games Correspondents from across, print, radio, TV and digital media, in a meeting chaired by Uachtarán CLG.
The list of 45 nominations for the PwC Football All-Stars will be announced on Friday morning. The PwC All-Star teams will be presented with their awards at a gala black-tie event which will be staged in Dublin’s RDS and shown live on RTÉ on Friday, November 17.
PwC Hurling All-Star Nominations
Goalkeepers (3)
Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
Nickie Quaid (Limerick)
Eibhear Quilligan (Clare)
Defenders (18)
Barry Nash (Limerick)
Mike Casey (Limerick)
Dan Morrissey (Limerick)
Kyle Hayes (Limerick)
Diarmaid Byrnes (Limerick)
Mikey Butler (Kilkenny)
Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)
Paddy Deegan (Kilkenny)
David Blanchfield (Kilkenny)
John Conlon (Clare)
Adam Hogan (Clare)
Diarmuid Ryan (Clare)
David McInerney (Clare)
Ciarán Joyce (Cork)
Damien Cahalane (Cork)
Jack Grealish (Galway)
Daithí Burke (Galway)
Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
Midfielders (6)
Darragh O’Donovan (Limerick)
Will O’Donoghue (Limerick)
Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork)
David Fitzgerald (Clare)
Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny)
Forwards (18)
Cian Lynch (Limerick)
Peter Casey (Limerick)
Tom Morrissey (Limerick)
Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
Seamus Flanagan (Limerick)
David Reidy (Limerick)
Cathal Mannion (Galway)
Conor Whelan (Galway)
Brian Concannon (Galway)
Evan Niland (Galway)
Tony Kelly (Clare)
Shane O’Donnell (Clare)
Mark Rodgers (Clare)
TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
Eoin Cody (Kilkenny)
Jake Morris (Tipperary)
Dónal Burke (Dublin)
Patrick Horgan (Cork)
