GAA to honour ‘best of the rest’

The GAA are to honour the 15 outstanding hurlers from the 1980s who were unsuccessful in annexing an All-Ireland winner’s medal.

The selection, released yesterday, will be honoured at half-time during next month’s All-Ireland senior hurling final between Clare and Cork.

The opportunity arose for the GAA to break with tradition after Galway’s back-to-back winners from 1987-88 were acknowledged at last year’s decider.