Austin Gleeson’s Hurler of The Year double a ‘huge honour’

For the first time since the inception of individual hurler and footballer of the year prizes in 1995, the two winners at last night’s ceremony in Dublin’s Convention Centre came from counties which hadn’t won the All-Ireland in either code.

Waterford’s Austin Gleeson scooped the double of Hurler of The Year and Young Hurler of The Year, matching the achievement of Clare’s Tony Kenny in 2013.

He joins fellow Déise natives Tony Browne (1998) and Dan Shanahan (2007) as being the only non-All-Ireland-winners to receive the award.