The Community Radio Kilkenny Sports team invites GAA supporters to pick their team of the championship. This year the nominees include players who participated in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Hurling Championships.
The nominees are as follows:
Goalkeeper
Darragh Holohan (Dicksboro); Derrick Brennan (James Stephens); Michael Gannon (St. Patrick’s, Ballyragget).
Full-Back Line
Joey Holden (Ballyhale Shamrocks); Tom Aylward (Mullinavat); Conor Delaney (Erin’s Own); John Dalton (Carrickshock); Conor O’Shea (Clara); David Hennessy (James Stephens); Paul Murphy (Danesfort); Enda Morrissey (Bennettsbridge); Niall Delaney (James Stephens).
Half-Back Line
Richie Reid (Ballyhale Shamrocks); Thomas Kenny (Dicksboro); Cillian Buckley (Dicksboro); Mark Mansfield (Mullinavat); Huw Lawlor (O’Loughlin Gaels); Conor Fogarty (Erin’s Own); Owen McGrath (John Lockes); Stephen Staunton (St. Patrick’s, Ballyragget), Joe Lyng (Rower Inistioge).
Centre Field
Geoff Brennan (St. Patrick’s, Ballyragget); Ollie Walsh (Dicksboro); Robbie Fitzpatrick (Dicksboro); David Langton (Clara); Willie O’Dwyer (Mullinavat); Paddy Deegan (O’Loughlin Gaels).
Half-Forward Line
T.J. Reid (Ballyhale Shamrocks); Luke Scanlon (James Stephens); Oisín Gough (Dicksboro); Shane Stapleton (Dicksboro); Nicky Cleere (Bennettsbridge); Padraig Walsh (Tullaroan); Kevin Kelly (St. Patrick’s, Ballyragget); Walter Walsh (Tullogher Rosbercon); Michael Rice (Carrickshock).
Full-Forward Line
Tadgh O’Dwyer (James Stephens); Bill Sheehan (Dicksboro); John Joe Farrell (Thomastown); Sean Ryan (Graigue Ballycallan); Robbie Donnelly (Thomastown); John Walsh (Mullinavat); Chris Bolger (Clara); Colin Fennelly (Ballyhale Shamrocks); Brian ‘Brooky’ Phelan (St. Patrick’s Ballyragget).
Send your team selection plus your choice for the 2017 Kilkenny Club Hurler of the Year to the Community Radio Kilkenny City Sports Team e-mail sportcrkc@gmail.com. The closing date for entries is the 31st December and the team will be announced the following weekend on Community Radio Kilkenny City. A prize will be awarded to the winning entry.
By Mary Morgan Mon 11th Dec
