Enda McEvoy: Confessions of an All-Stars selector

The big night itself was always enjoyable and occasionally enlivened by a faceoff at the bar between a well-oiled player and some hapless journalist who’d incurred his wrath during the season

Nickie Quaid of Limerick during the PwC All-Stars Awards 2022 show at the Convention Centre in Dublin. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

If you reckoned the 2022 All-Stars hurling team was a terrible affair, the reason was obvious. Yours truly was no longer a selector after 25 years on the committee.

Alternatively, if you reckoned the 2022 All-Stars hurling team was a fine effort, well judged and truly representative of the season, the reason was obvious. Yours truly was no longer a selector after 25 years on the committee.