The toughest of calls but Cummins my number one

GIVEN that so many of the front-runners for the various positions are involved with Kilkenny and Tipperary, choosing an All-Star selection before the biggest game on the hurling calendar is a risky business.

One basic in the criteria — because there is so much experimentation going on in the early season, we’re only going to take the final of the league into consideration, along with all the championship games.

In goalkeeping, I feel that Donal Óg Cusack of Cork has totally redefined this position over the last decade, is now out on his own, and yet he’s not my number one choice this year. Reason?