Kilkenny head All Star list

FOR the second year running, the All-Ireland hurling champions have earned 14 All Star nominations with all but one of Kilkenny’s team that started this month’s final being selected.

Eddie Brennan, who was excellent in the decider, is the one name missing although that is hardly surprising given it was his first championship start of the season. TJ Reid, who had played all three of Kilkenny’s SHC games before being dropped for the final, has also been overlooked.

Behind Kilkenny, runners-up Tipperary picked up 10 nominations, the same amount as semi-finalists and Allianz Division 1 champions Dublin.