Cork miss out on top GPA award

ALL-IRELAND football champions Cork have received just nine nominations — and none for Player of the Year — in the short list for the Opel/GPA Team of the Year.

Beaten finalists Down have reason to grumble also, with just five of their players making the 45-strong nominations list.

Down do at least have a player nominated for Player of the Year, Benny Coulter, who will compete against Dublin’s Bernard Brogan and Kildare’s John Doyle, compared to the complete blackout of Rebels on this list.