Tipperary footballers' odyssey rewarded with five All Star nominations

A point separated them in the All-Ireland final replay five days ago but Dublin and Mayo claim an equal share of the spoils in this year’s Opel GAA-GPA All Star football nominations, each picking up 11.

Back-to-back champions Dublin had the same number of candidates last year, one fewer than their 2011 and 2013 totals, with Mayo earning a larger selection than their 2012 and 2013 runners-up seasons when they picked up 10 on each occasion.

Just eight counties, all of them All-Ireland quarter- finalists, are represented among the 45 nominations. Nine counties were represented last year and 10 made up the shortlist in 2014.