Throwing the ball in on hurling team of the year deliberations

The award winners -- and a player of the year -- will be honoured this weekend.

TAKE YOUR POINT: Picking out players for the Clancy's Laochra Chorcai Hurling Team of the Year were Seanie McGrath, Kieran Murphy, Patrick Mulcahy, Therese O'Callaghan and Mark Landers. Picture: Howard Crowdy

At the end of every year, there is always fierce excitement when the hurling and football All-Stars are announced.

So, after an extra-ordinary conclusion to the Rebel’s ‘Little All-Ireland’, when new champions St Finbarr’s ended a 29-year wait for glory, there was an opportunity to bring the buzz a little closer to home.