Carey equals all-time record for awards

ON the night that DJ Carey equalled the all-time record for individual awards, his Kilkenny team-mate Philip Larkin helped to make another bit of history last night when he received his first GAA Allstar at left corner-back.

With his better known father Fan having won awards in 1973, 74, 76 and 78 (all in the right corner), it marked the first occasion in hurling that a father-and-son combination was achieved.

At a more general level, Armagh captain Kieran McGeeney and Kilkenny hurler Henry Shefflin were predictably chosen as the respective players-of-the-year, adding to the accolades already showered on them. The choices were made by the 45 nominees in each code.