Eoin Murphy: ‘Every year is the same, you reset in January’

Eoin Murphy picked up his first All Star last year, but the Kilkenny goalkeeper says the regret of losing the All-Ireland final overshadowed the award.

“It was nice to be recognised by other players or by the selection committee, but I’d still swap the All Star for another All-Ireland medal,” he said.

The match-winning save against Waterford in the All-Ireland semi-final replay probably clinched the award, when Murphy hauled down Pauric Mahony’s late, late free: “I didn’t really think about it, I just knew when it was halfway through the air that I was going to be in a position where I could make a play on it.