All-Star selection cause of little debate

IN A welcome change, there was not an awful lot to disagree with in the recent All-Star hurling selection.

No glaring individual omission to compare with that of Donal Óg Cusack last year, though you do have to wonder about the fact that a Cork side that reached its fourth All-Ireland final in succession fails to have a single forward chosen.

Especially unlucky are Joe Deane and Ben O’Connor. Joe started the championship campaign with a magnificent nine points from a Cork total of 20 and was inspirational in the Munster semi-final win over Clare (probably Cork’s best display of the year). He followed that up with eight points against Tipperary from 2-14 in the Munster final, another title won by the Leesiders.