Anthony Daly: I felt a little like an imposter when I won my first All-Star

All that has to be decided now is the Hurler-of-the-Year and Young Hurler-of-the-Year. My choice would be John McGrath and Robert Doyle. I wouldn’t be surprised if Jake Morris won the HOTY but I would be if Robert Doyle didn’t win YHOTY.

FIRST ALL-STARS: Tipperary's Rhys Shelly and Robert Doyle are among the ten new All-Stars. Picture: ©INPHO/Leah Scholes

As soon as I looked at the All-Stars team when it was announced, the first thing that struck me was the high volume of first-time winners, ten in total. Friday will be a special night for those ten guys because your first award is a very treasured memory.

I was absolutely thrilled when I won my first in 1994 but it was a strange kind of night too; I felt a little like an imposter when looking at all the other big guns beside me. I was probably more conscious again because Clare had been hammered in the Munster final for the second successive year under my captaincy.