Limerick’s Cian Lynch takes on Galway duo for top hurler as All-Star nominations announced

After ending 45 years without an All-Ireland SHC title, Limerick have become the second team this decade to claim 15 PwC All-Star nominations, replicating Tipperary’s collection of two seasons ago when they too won the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

Shane Dowling, who made such vital impressions from the bench in the All-Ireland semi-final and final, was almost a 16th but the county’s handsome haul is reflective of an extraordinary championship in which they played eight matches, losing one.