Fitzgibbon team of the century shortlist

FORMER GAA President Joe McDonagh will chair a committee of former Fitzgibbon Cup players and managers that will select a ‘Team Of The Century’ from a shortlist of 75 third-level hurling stars, as part of the competition’s centenary celebrations this year.

Henry Shefflin, Nicky English, Brian Lohan, Joe Deane, Conor Hayes, JJ Delaney and Eoin Kelly are amongst those vying for inclusion.

SHORTLIST: Goalkeepers: T Daly (UCD, Clare/Dublin), G Cotter (UCC, Cork), D Young (WIT, Tipperary), R Brennan (UCD, Wexford), J O’Donoghue (UCC, Tipperary).

Backs: S Silke (Maynooth, Galway), S Stack (Maynooth, Clare), R Curran (CIT, Cork), L Shalloe (UCC, Waterford), J Grainger (UCC, Cork), J O’Connor (UCC, Wexford), D Barry-Murphy (UCC, Cork), M Cahill (UCC, Tipperary), T Carroll (UCD, Kilkenny), D O’Neill (UCD, Kilkenny), J Ryan (UCD, Limerick/Dublin), N McInerney (UCG, Clare/Galway), C Hayes (UCG, Galway), J Lee (NUIG, Galway), S Lucey (UCD, Limerick), J Walsh (DIT, Laois), C Duggan (TCD, Laois), J Tyrrell (CIT/LIT, Kilkenny), C O’Mahony (LIT, Tipperary), E Corcoran (WIT, Tipperary), JJ Delaney (WIT, Kilkenny), M Walsh (WIT, Waterford), S McMahon (UL, Clare), S Hickey (UL, Limerick), J Devane (UL, Tipperary), D Cormican (QUB, Antrim), B Lohan (UL, Clare), P Curran (WIT, Tipperary), J Tennyson (UCC, Kilkenny), K Coogan (WIT, Kilkenny).

Midfielders: J Salmon (UCG, Galway), I Clarke (Maynooth, Galway), J Young (UCC, Cork), C Lucey (UCC, Cork), P O’Connor (UCC, Cork), E Enright (UCC, Tipperary), J Cooney (UCD, Tipperary), D Dillon (UCD, Clare/Dublin), J Hurley (UCC, Cork), D Stokes (UCD, Limerick).

Forwards: J Connolly (UCG, Galway), J O’Connor (UCG, Clare), E Kelly (LIT, Tipperary), J Canning (LIT, Galway), A Maloney (WIT, Waterford/Tipperary), H Shefflin (WIT, Kilkenny), P Kavanagh (UCD, Kilkenny), PJ Delaney (WIT, Kilkenny), A O’Shaughnessy (GMIT, Galway), C O’Neill (UCC/QUB, Derry), P O’Donovan (UCC, Cork), N English (UCC, Tipperary), J Enright (UCC, Tipperary), J Deane (UCC, Cork), J O’Halloran (UCC, Cork), E Bulfin (UCD, Offaly), J Byrne (UCD, Wexford), D Nealon (UCD, Tipperary), P Henchy (UCC, Clare), J Ryan (UCD, Tipperary), B Loughnane (UCD, Clare/Dublin), T Loughnane (UCD, Clare), M Ruth (UCD, Kilkenny), K Broderick (AIT, Galway), J Sheehan (DCU, Cork), D Troy (UCC, Cork), N McManus (UUJ, Antrim), W Hyland (LIT, Laois), J Fitzpatrick (UCC/St Pat’s, Kilkenny).