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Tipperary’s Padraic Maher and Cork’s Patrick Horgan will be chasing club glory.

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WE’RE DOWN TO the final four in the Munster senior club hurling championship today with places in the decider up for grabs.

In Ennis, Clare’s Ballyea take on Tipperary’s Thurles Sarsfields while at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick’s Patrickswell meet Cork’s Glen Rovers.

For Ballyea this is unchartered territory after winning their first Clare senior hurling crown last Sunday. In contrast Thurles Sarsfields are seasoned campaigners after this year winning their sixth Tipperary senior hurling championship in eight years.

Patrickswell ended a 13-year drought in Limerick recently but the club have 19 county senior titles to their name. Similarly Glen Rovers ended a barren spell of their own in 2015 by claiming a first Cork crown in 26 years and then last month they retained that title.

1. A 28th title for brilliant St Vincent’s

ST VINCENT’S ARE back on top of the Dublin football tree. Their 28th senior football title leaves them 17 clear of their nearest challengers O’Tooles, who last lifted the trophy in 1946.

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Having gone from 1984 to 2006 without a championship title, Vincent’s are starting to replicated the sort of dominance they enjoyed in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s.

Tommy Conroy, who took over as manager in 2012, has steered the Marino club to county titles in three of the last four years. 35-year-old Tomas Quinn, who made his Vincent’s debut back in 2000, picked up his fourth county medal.

2. Bright lights don’t blind Castleknock

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The fear for Castleknock heading into this game was that they might be overawed by the occasion. But this well-coached outfit didn’t let the bright lights affect them. They crowded the middle and filtered bodies back into defence, frustrating the red-hot favourites.

After a slow start, Castleknock came roaring back into the contest and deservedly found themselves level at the break. After half-time, the Vinnies were a little more controlled in possession and Castleknock found scores from play hard to come by.

Although they were defeated, they must take solace in the fact they performed well for long-spells against a classy, battle-hardened team. Appearing in their first senior county final, this young Castleknock group equipped themselves quite well. The challenge for the west-Dublin club in 2017 is to prove they’re not one-hit wonders.

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3. Ger Brennan’s red card

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Already carrying a yellow card, Ger Brennan’s clumsy high challenge on Kevin Kindlon in the 45th minute. It threatened to unhinge Vincent’s. Castleknock peeled off two quick-fire scores to get to within two.

Fortunately for Brennan his recklessness didn’t cost Vincent’s, although James Sherry came close to finding the net shortly after his dismissal. Had Brennan been on the field he likely would have snuffed out that chance.

They say the mark of true champions is how they react in the face of adversity and Vincent’s did so admirably. The 14 men left on the field had enough about them to see out the game.

4. Castleknock’s defensive game

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As we mentioned earlier, this was a well-drilled Castleknock side and they managed to clog up the main channels of attack for the first three quarters and drag their opponents into a street fight.

The ‘Knock played the first-half with Ciaran Kilkenny as a lone gunslinger in the full-forward line with the rest of the team withdrawing deep. He reverted outfield after half-time.

The first-time finalists commonly had as many as 14 men behind the ball as Vincent’s attacked, which really slowed the pace of the game.

The majority of Castleknock’s seven first-half points came from quick breakaways. After the opening 30 minutes, Vincent’s changed tack. Rather than pressing high, in the second-half Vincent’s allowed Castleknock bring out possession to their 45m line before they put pressure on the ball carrier.

That switch in styles Castleknock to just 0-3 after the break – all Des Carlos frees. That was the game’s turning point.

5. Another bumper year for Connolly

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Connolly has enjoyed another bumper year. He hasn’t lost a championship game on the football field in 2016 – a remarkable achievement. With a Leinster club campaign still to come, the 29-year-old has a county medal to put with the medals (National League Division 1, Leinster SFC and All-Ireland SFC) and All-Star he’s already picked up this season.

Connolly is a serial winner and at this stage his medal cabinet must be bursting with silverware. He didn’t score today, but some of the passes he produced were out of this world. Simply a sublime footballer.

6. Leinster campaign next weekend

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The celebrations in the capital will be short-lived. Tommy Conroy’s men are straight into Leinster club action next weekend where they’ll face Carlow champions Palatine at Netwatch Cullen Park next Sunday, November 13.

The newly crowned Dublin champions are 9/4 favourites to lift the club All-Ireland on St Patrick’s Day. Offaly holders Rhode look like their biggest threat in the province, while Corofin, Dr Crokes, Slaughtneil, Castlebar or Kilcoo are all genuine contenders for the ultimate prize in club football.

Vincent’s have the know-how and talent to go all the way once again and back up their All-Ireland victories in 2008 and 2014. Another win in March would leave them level with Crossmaglen on three All-Irelands victories each in the last decade.

While Cross are in decline, having suffered a rare defeat in Armagh this year, Vincent’s are still flying the flag in Dublin. They’ll take some stopping.

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IN A REPEAT of the 2014 Munster club final, Mourneabbey prevailed against the Banner of Clare to secure their third senior Munster title on the spin.

The Cork champions won the tie in emphatic fashion with Doireann O’Sullivan scoring seven of her side’s points while the goals came from Ciara O’Sullivan and substitute Laura Harrington. The reigning champions were hit with two sin bins during the tie but comfortably survived the setbacks.

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Congrats to @banner_ladies keeper Emma O'Driscoll on the player of the match award today. Well deserved! pic.twitter.com/sVflmeD6fX

— Mourneabbey LFC (@MourneabbeyLFC) November 5, 2016

Meanwhile, points from Louise Henchy and Grainne Nolan kept the Clare side in the chase and they were just five adrift of Mourneabbey at half-time. A Niamh Keane goal arrived late into the second half but the deficit was to big to bridge in the end.

Mourneabbey will now progress to the All-Ireland semi-final where they will meet Ulster champions Donaghmoyne in a repeat of the 2015 All-Ireland decider.

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St Vincent’s 0-15
Castleknock 0-10

Kevin O’Brien reports from Parnell Park

ST VINCENT’S ARE the kingpins in Dublin once again.

Mossy Quinn rolled back the years and Diarmuid Connolly played an instrumental role from centre-forward as the Vinnies were crowned county champions for the 28th time.

Their third SFC title in four years wasn’t quite the blow-out many people were predicting before the game but nonetheless there was an assuredness and confidence about the display of the winners.

Appearing in their first ever Dublin SFC in only their 18th year of existence, Castleknock gave a good account of themselves but ultimately they hadn’t the firepower to live with the Marino-based club.

After under-performing in last year’s final defeat to Ballyboden, St Vincent’s are back on the top of the tree in the Dublin championship.

It was a defensive affair with Castleknock dropping a lot of bodies back behind the ball, which in turn forced Vincent’s to adopt a similar approach.

Diarmuid Connolly had a quiet opening half by his lofty standards. He was well-marshalled by Tom Quinn early on but by the end of the game the two-time All-Star was pulling the strings all over the field.

His link play with Quinn was a joy to behold. Connolly picked out the 35-year-old corner forward with a few delightful passes to set-up a few key scores after the break.

Quinn and former Mayo attacker Enda Varley were extremely accurate up front.

Vincent’s were leading by 0-11 to 0-7 after 45 minutes when Ger Brennan was dismissed for a second yellow card. That gave Castleknock a massive boost and they reeled off a couple of points to give them hope.

Ultimately though ‘Knock were relying on the placed balls of Des Carlos and Vincent’s had the experience and class to steer the ship home.

On a beautiful afternoon in a packed Parnell Park, Castleknock arrived into the game massive underdogs against the three-time All-Ireland champions St. Vincent’s.

With two 2016 All-Stars on show Castleknock played Kilkenny as the lone soldier in a one-man full-forward line, while Connolly lined out at 11 for Vincent’s.

St Vincent’s started the game firmly in control and eased into a three point lead inside the opening ten minutes with Quinn and Varley looking lively.

Castleknock, who were operating with Kilkenny in a one-man full-forward line, didn’t get on the score board until the 12th minute.

They visibly grew in confidence from that point and started to expose Vincent’s on the break. Kilkenny, Kevin Kindlon and Des Carlos found the target to leave the sides level at the break on 0-7 apiece.

Castleknock were slow starters to the second-half as two scores from Quinn and one from Shane Carthy sent Vincent’s into a three-point lead. The game was turned on its head by Brennan’s red card, for a high challenge on Kevin Kindlon.

That gave Castleknock hope and a couple of frees from Carlos left them trailing by 0-11 to 0-9 with 15 minutes left. James Sherry had a goal chance saved off the line and with that went Castleknock’s chance.

Varley, Trailor and Joe Feeney were on target at the far end as Vincent’s saw the game home.

Scorers for St Vincent’s: Tomas Quinn 0-5 (0-3f), Enda Varley 0-4 (0-1f), Gavin Burke 0-2, Cameron Diamond 0-1, Shane Carthy 0-1, Ruairi Trainor 0-1, Joe Feeney 0-1

Scorers for Castleknock: Des Carlos 0-5 (0-4f), Ciaran Kilkenny 0-2, Mikey Galvin 0-1, Kevin Kindlon 0-1, Eoin O’Brien 0-1.

St Vincent’s

1. Michael Savage

2. Michael Concarr
3. Jarlath Curley
31. Craig Wilson

5. Brendan Egan
6. Ger Brennan
20. Cameron Diamond

8. Daithi Murphy
9. Shane Carthy

10. Gavin Burke
11. Diarmuid Connolly
12. Cormac Diamond

13. Ruairi Trainor
29. Enda Varley
15. Tomas Quinn

Subs:

Albert Martin for Murphy, 32 mins
Joe Feeney for Cormac Diamond, 40 mins
Adam Baxter for Varley, 60 mins

Castleknock

1. Morven Connolly

2. Paul Bourke
3. Peter Sherry
4. Eoin O’Brien

5. Graham Hannigan
6. Tom Shiels
7. Tom Quinn

8. Ciaran Kilkenny
9. Shane Boland

10. Des Carlos
11. Ben Galvin
12. Kevin Kindlon

13. Mikey Galvin
14. James Sherry
15. Colin Lynch

Subs:

Craig Brennan for M Galvin, 42 mins
John Kindlon for Lynch, 52 mins
Martin Brady for B Galvin

Referee: Darragh Sheppard

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WHEN THE MOURNEABBEY ladies football team reconvened for the 2016 season, they knew they had to park the hurt of the previous year before a new campaign could begin.

A second All-Ireland final had come and gone without the silverware coming back to Cork and thoughts about another shot at All-Ireland glory were understandably in their minds.

But they knew they couldn’t indulge those notions yet. And as they look towards a third consecutive Munster final today, team captain Bríd O’Sullivan assures The42 that their focus remains firmly on the provincial championship.

“We kind of spoke about it at the start of the year,” she begins, “and we knew that we were kidding ourselves if we weren’t concentrating on getting out of Cork first and getting out of Munster.”

She added: “I suppose we’re one-third of the way there after getting past St Val’s (in the county final) and obviously it would be in the back of our minds after the heartache of the last two years, but we’re trying not to think about it because you can’t afford to be thinking too far ahead when you’re coming up against such experienced and good sides, so we’re just going to concentrate on today for now and see what happens.”

Today they face the Banner of Clare, a side who they previously defeated in the 2014 Munster final. But O’Sullivan insists that the outcome of that encounter means nothing ahead of their next meeting.

@MourneabbeyLFC aim to win 3 in a row this weekend in Munster senior titles pic.twitter.com/aCS13NDCLu

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“We did play them two years ago but we aren’t really reading anything into that because we’ve both become very different teams since then. There’s different personnel and things like that but they are an excellent team and they’ve a few girls who had success with Clare this year as well, so it will be interesting alright,” said O’Sullivan.

Since that maiden Munster achievement in 2014, Mourneabbey have collected two more provincial and county championships along with the All-Ireland final appearances. But prior to that, their trophy cabinet lay bare for a number of years.

O’Sullivan explains where the sudden burst of riches came from.

“We won the Intermediate All-Ireland in 2007,” she says, “and I would have been about 14 then. And a lot of the girls who are playing now wouldn’t have been playing then, they would have been children, so after that a lot of the older players went travelling and things like that so it just took a few years basically for us to grow up and for those players who were children back then to be ready for the challenges of senior football.

“We changed our management as well in 2014 and, in fairness, Shane (Ronayne) and Dominic (Gallagher) have really helped turn things around for us.”

All support needed for @MunsterLGFA final v @BannerGAAEnnis in @carrigoon at 3pm on Saturday!! #hontheabbey #blackandamber pic.twitter.com/GPQSIVuEUd

— Mourneabbey LFC (@MourneabbeyLFC) November 2, 2016

A secondary school teacher in Kildare, O’Sullivan has a typically hectic schedule for someone who plays both football and camogie at club level, as well as playing with the Cork senior footballers.

During last year’s campaign, Mourneabbey played three fixtures in one week due to the county final requiring a replay and this year has been another long stretch on the road.

But O’Sullivan has no complaints about the toil involved and the rewards are all worthwhile. Today offers Mourneabbey the chance to secure another one with the ultimate goal tightly stored away elsewhere.

“It’s hard to balance it all but when you’re successful you don’t really mind because you’re enjoying it, so hopefully that’ll last for a little bit longer.”

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UNFANCIED NICE AND Mario Balotelli currently top France’s Ligue 1 table, and Robert Duggan White says it makes a nice change to the tragic stories coming out of the city after the Bastille Day attack earlier this year.

I was in Nice on holidays this year. Any sport shop I went into was all Marseilles and PSGg shirts. Couldn’t find a nice jersey at all. Love to see them win the league. A little lift after the shite the city went through recently.”

We did a (slightly belated) player ratings from the All-Priests Over 75s Challenge match this week, which gave Irishoversea the perfect opportunity to recall a Fr Ted classic.

One of favourite quotes from father was : Father Dougal:
Didn’t you tell me once that Father Jack had a trial for Liverpool?

Father Ted:
No… no, he was on trial, in Liverpool.”

Dick Clerkin, the longest-serving inter-county Gaelic footballer in the country, announced his retirement the other day. I think Jimmy Murphy spoke for a lot of us when he said:

Incredible servant to the game in all fairness. Best of luck with the retirement.”

Stephen McPhail was named Shamrock Rovers’ new sporting director on Tuesday, prompting Dave O’Hanlon to joke about his days Elland Road during Peter Risdale’s calamitous reign.

Well having been at Leeds at least he knows how not to run a football club.”

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Dundalk pair Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle received their first call-ups to the Ireland squad this week after countless wonderful displays for the Lilywhites. Smithers says:

That’s amazing news they deserve it. Harder to find any other player who’s playing as well as they are. Although they probably won’t play it should be a good experience for them. Fair play.”

The Chicago Cubs have ended a 108-year wait to win the World Series. Ted Logan points out how close Back to the Future was when it revealed they’d end the drought in 2015:

Back to the Future 2 was only one year out with their prediction. Be on the look out for flying DeLorens guys!”

Four years on from London 2012, Rob Heffernan was presented with his bronze medal for the 50k walk at Cork City Hall on Thursday — a sight Ardmore02 is glad to see.

Great stuff, delighted for him. Hope he defends his title in London next year too.”

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FOR THE FIRST time in the county’s history, the Clare men’s football team reached the All-Ireland quarter-finals this year.

Indeed, they previously qualified for the All-Ireland semi-final as Munster champions in 1992 but this is the furthest the county has advanced since the introduction of the back-door system.

The Banner’s Niamh O’Dea had two brothers (Cian and Jack) involved in that impressive run and she also played a pivotal role in steering the Clare ladies to an All-Ireland Intermediate final against Kildare this year.

Later today, she’s back on club duty as the Banner converge on Mallow to battle it out for a senior Munster title. Standing in their way, however, are Mourneabbey of Cork, who are seeking their third consecutive title.

The last game for 2016 in @MunsterLGFA is going to be a good one! Tomorrow in Mallow at 3pm @banner_ladies take on @MourneabbeyLFC pic.twitter.com/wzAtxxgETH

— Munster LGFA (@MunsterLGFA) November 4, 2016

It’s a repeat of the 2014 provincial decider where the Clare side were defeated, and O’Dea says they’ve learned valuable lessons from that loss.

“There’s no getting around it,” she told The42, “they’re a good team and they’ve been in the last two All-Ireland finals. But, look, at the end of the day, we’ll worry about our own game. If we can perform on the day there’s nothing that can stop us. Obviously they’ve a few key players to look out for but it all comes down to ourselves and how we play and how we can get the best performance out of ourselves.

We went up for long stretches of the last game but, typical Cork team, they never give up. Their strong players really performed that day. But if we focus on ourselves, we know they have key players but we know we’ve a good panel and we’re all a year older and a year wiser so hopefully that’ll play into our hands.”

The Banner were crowned the Clare county champions for the sixth successive time earlier this year, and wins in the Munster B Championship against Southern Gaels (Kerry) and Ballymacarbry (Waterford) granted them the chance to atone for that loss two years ago.

O’Dea says that each fixture has brought more improvements to their game.

“The year has gone good so far,” she says, “no complaints. The game against Southern Gaels was probably the most open we’ve had in a long time, it really ebbed and flowed up and down. We’d a lot of goals and a lot of scores. It was a good game to come out on top of because they were a good strong team.

What a great day for our seniors beating Ballymac 4-9 to 1-12 in the Munster B final. Well done girls. We are so proud @ClareFM @Clarelgfa pic.twitter.com/GaKq7j3LLc

— Banner Ladies (@banner_ladies) October 23, 2016

“Against Ballymacarbry, we’ve played them a lot over the last six years and it’s been back and forward all along. But they’ve all been tough games and very different games. It was ideal preparation because in every single game there were different tactics and that,” O’Dea added.

The UL student, who is currently doing a Masters in Sports Performance, turned 23 last week and a win today would be a birthday present worth waiting for. Her father, JJ, forms part of the Banner management team and her sister, Eva, would be lining out today but for an extensive injury she sustained while playing for Clare in their All-Ireland semi-final win over Tipperary.

And with brothers Cian and Jack also playing for Clare, there’s a good blend of rows and laughs whenever football is discussed in the O’Dea household.

“There’s a good bit of banter. Eva got injured there and she’d be a key player for us and the father is involved as well and he loves it. There’s a bit of everything but it’s been all positive so far in the household. This is a big year for football in Clare, the men’s and women’s team did very well. There’s a few rows but it’s all good.”

Cian and Jack even organised a supporters’ bus to travel to Croke Park and support their sister in the All-Ireland final.

“They had a group coming up from home and that and there was other Clare lads as well so there’s been good support this year and we can’t complain about that.”

Niamh O’Dea on the attack against Kildare in the 2016 All-Ireland Intermediate final

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As for the wounds left by that threadbare defeat to Kildare, O’Dea admits that while the hurt still lingers, it also offers her motivation to ensure her club side make the most of the opportunity presented to them today.

“We had big expectations going into that game and then it didn’t happen on the day. It was disappointing for us because, looking back, we didn’t do ourselves justice. I suppose today is a chance to prove ourselves again. It would be a bit of redemption because we know we’re good enough, we know we’re capable so it’s just about going out and performing to our capabilities.”

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• Mayo’s Lee Keegan has been named GAA/GPA Footballer of the Year and Waterford’s Austin Gleeson Hurler of the Year at the All-Star awards.
• Gleeson was also named Young Hurler of the Year and Mayo’s Diarmuid O’Connor Young Footballer of the Year at tonight’s ceremony.
• Seven players from Tipperary’s All-Ireland winning team were named in the All-Star hurling team.
• World football’s governing body, Fifa, has charged the FAI over wearing a political symbol to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, during March’s friendly against Switzerland.
• Ireland 7s captain and Lansdowne club man Tom Daly will make his debut for Leinster against Zebre tomorrow.
• Former Dundalk midfielder Richie Towell looks set to play his first match of the season when he takes the field for Brighton’s U23 side.
• A New Zealand journalist mistook Ireland prop Jack McGrath for Rory Best, in an awkward moment in the pre-match press conference.
• Conor McGregor has promised to punish Eddie Alvarez for suggesting the Dubliner will make for an “easy fight” next week.

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• Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has welcomed Yaya Toure’s apology for agent Dimitri Seluk’s outbursts against the former Barcelona manager.
• Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes thinks things will get worse, before they get better for his former club.
• Former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has replaced Sven-Goran Eriksson as the coach of Shanghai SIPG, earning a cool £11m a year.
• Kevin Durant came back to haunt his former side by scoring 39 points in Golden State Warriors’ victory over Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Best Thing We Shared

Former German international goalkeeper Tim Wiese made a successful debut in WWE.

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On The Record

New Zealand legend Dan Carter was left disappointed by his recent doping allegations:

It was as simple as that within the WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] regulations. Unfortunately some details got leaked and a story was made of it. I obviously had done nothing wrong and it has been proven now. Just kind of all moved from all that really.

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Where we were today

Murray Kinsella and Sean Farrell are in Chicago to get all the latest news on the eve of Ireland’s Test match against New Zealand.

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While Sinead Farrell attended Lynn Harvey’s weigh-in ahead of her fight against Mary Romero at the National Boxing Stadium.

The Fixture List

•  The November internationals get underway with Ireland aiming to make history against New Zealand (kick-off at 8.00pm), while Wales entertain Australia earlier in the day (kick-off 2.30pm).
• Not forgetting the Pro12 with Leinster in Italy to take on Zebre (kick-off 4.05pm).
• There’s plenty of club GAA matches to keep us entertained with Castleknock looking to shock St Vincent’s in the Dublin SFC final (throw-in 3.00pm) on Saturday, with Ballyea against Thurles Sarsfields (throw-in 2.00pm) in the Munster SHC, the pick of Sunday’s action.
• Two-time Olympic medalist Paddy Barnes will make his pro debut in Belfast at the Titanic Centre on Saturday evening, while Lynn Harvey fights her second pro fight in Dublin.
• The showpiece footballing event of the year takes place on Sunday, with Dundalk aiming for a second consecutive double, when they face Cork City in the FAI Cup final (kick-off 3.40pm), while Wexford Youths face Shelbourne in the women’s final (kick-off 12:00pm).
• The pick of the Premier League matches takes place at the Emirates when North London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham go head-t0-head at noon on Sunday/
• UFC Mexico takes place in the early hours of Sunday morning, while Jessie Vargas meets Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas.

Showbiz, Baby!

The man himself, Eamon Dunphy, along with some familiar faces, are to launch a new football podcast.

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Tipperary’s Seamus Callanan with Galway’s Daithi Burke

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SEVEN PLAYERS FROM All-Ireland champions Tipperary and four from beaten finalists Kilkenny have been honoured in the 2016 GAA-GPA All-Star hurling team.

There are two winners apiece from beaten All-Ireland semi-finalists in Galway and Waterford.

Kingpins Tipperary have winners in Cathal Barrett, James Barry, Ronan, Padraic and Patrick Maher, Seamus Callanan and John McGrath.

Kilkenny’s recipients are Eoin Murphy, Padraig Walsh, Walter Walsh and Richie Hogan.

Daithi and David Burke are honoured from Galway while Jamie Barron and Austin Gleeson are the successful players from Waterford.

FOR THE FIRST time in the history of the All-Stars, both the Footballer of the Year and Hurler of the Year have come from counties who didn’t win the All-Ireland title the same year.

Mayo defender Lee Keegan and Waterford star Austin Gleeson picked up the highest individual honours in the game at the GAA/GPA All-Stars tonight at Dublin’s Convention Centre.

Only five times in the past did the hurling and football champions fail to produce the Player of the Year, but that figure now rises to seven as Keegan and Gleeson claim the big awards.

Keegan beat off competition from Brian Fenton and Ciaran Kilkenny, both of whom played for All-Ireland champions Dublin, for the accolade.

Gleeson topped the list in the three-man hurling poll, seeing off Tipperary’s Seamus Callanan and Padraic Maher for the prize.

Players of the Year who didn’t win an All-Ireland the same year

Footballer of the Year

• 2016 – Lee Keegan (Dublin are All-Ireland champions)
• 2010 – Bernard Brogan (Cork were All-Ireland champions)
• 2003 – Steven McDonnell (Tyrone were All-Ireland champions)
• 1995 – Peter Canavan (Dublin were All-Ireland champions)

Hurler of the Year

• 2016 – Austin Gleeson (Tipperary are All-Ireland champions)
• 2007 – Dan Shanahan (Kilkenny were All-Ireland champions)
• 1998 – Tony Browne (Offaly were All-Ireland champions)

The 27-year-old Keegan was a colossus in defence for Mayo on their route to the All-Ireland final, while he also provided plenty of moments of inspiration in attack.

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Elsewhere Gleeson enjoyed a phenomenal year, evolving into one of the finest hurlers in the land. Waterford were pipped by Kilkenny in the All-Ireland semi-final replay, but Gleeson was outstanding in both games.

He also became the first hurler since Tony Kelly in 2013 to win both Hurler of the Year and Young Hurler of the Year in the same year.

Keegan picked up his fourth All-Star on the night, while Gleeson won his first.

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