Roving forwards dominate my team of the season

DONAL ÓG CUSACK is my choice as goalkeeper – it hasn’t been a vintage year for ’keepers but he’s made the saves he had to make and was his old reliable self.

Brian Murphy and Jackie Tyrrell make the corners – Murphy was one of Cork’s best players while Tyrrell remains the modern benchmark for corner-backs.

Shane Kavanagh was immense, and consistent, for Galway and shored up a position that’s been a problem for them for a few years. Outside them the half-back line picks itself – Michael ‘Brick’ Walsh shades Ronan Curran and Brian Hogan with JJ Delaney and Tommy Walsh alongside him.