All-Ireland champions Tipperary have captured 13 nominations for the PwC All-Stars for 2025, and the Premier County also dominate the short lists for Hurler and Young Hurler of the Year.

The PwC GAA GPA Hurler of the Year will be chosen by the playing fraternity and will be decided upon between three of this year’s outstanding sharp shooters, Tipp’s John McGrath and Jake Morris and Cork’s Brian Hayes. The Under 22 starlets for Young Hurler of the Year will also be voted on by players between Adam English of Limerick and Tipperary duo Darragh McCarthy and Robert Doyle.

A meeting of GAA correspondents from across print, tv, radio and digital media and chaired by Uachtarán CLG Jarlath Burns, adjudicated yesterday on the elite list of 45 nominees which is split across three goalkeepers, 18 defenders, six midfielders and 18 forwards.     

The full breakdown of nominations is Tipperary 13, Cork 11, Limerick seven, Kilkenny six, Dublin four, Waterford two and one each for Galway and Wexford.

The PwC All-Stars will be presented at a gala black-tie event at Dublin’s RDS on Friday November 7, which will be shown live on RTÉ. The nominees for the PwC All-Stars for football will be announced tomorrow morning.

PwC All-Stars Hurling 2025 Nominations

Goalkeepers

1 Rhys Shelly (Tipperary)

2 Patrick Collins (Cork)

3 Nickie Quaid (Limerick)

Defenders

1 Eoghan Connolly (Tipperary)

2 Ronan Maher (Tipperary)

3 Robert Doyle (Tipperary)

4 Michael Breen (Tipperary)

5 Bryan O’Mara (Tipperary)

6 Craig Morgan (Tipperary)

7 Seán O’Donoghue (Cork)

8 Niall O’Leary (Cork)

9 Mark Coleman (Cork)

10 Ciaran Joyce (Cork)

11 Michael Casey (Limerick)

12 Kyle Hayes (Limerick)

13 Dan Morrissey (Limerick)

14 Michael Carey (Kilkenny)

15 Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)

16 Conor Burke (Dublin)

17 John Bellew (Dublin)

18 Mark Fitzgerald (Waterford) 

Midfield

1 Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork)

2 Tim O’Mahony (Cork)

3 Cian Kenny (Kilkenny)

4 Adam English (Limerick)

5 Willie Connors (Tipperary)

6 Cathal Mannion (Galway)

Forwards

1 Jake Morris (Tipperary)

2 Andrew Ormond (Tipperary)

3 Darragh McCarthy (Tipperary)

4 Jason Forde (Tipperary)

5 John McGrath (Tipperary)

6 Shane Barrett (Cork)

7 Alan Connolly (Cork)

8 Brian Hayes (Cork)

9 Patrick Horgan (Cork)

10 Aaron Gillane (Limerick)

11 Cian Lynch (Limerick)

12 Cian O’Sullivan (Dublin)

13 Seán Currie (Dublin)

14 Billy Ryan (Kilkenny)

15 Martin Keoghan (Kilkenny)

16 TJ Reid (Kilkenny)

17 Lee Chin (Wexford)

18 Stephen Bennett (Waterford)

 

PwC GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year

Adam English (Limerick)

Darragh McCarthy (Tipperary)

Robert Doyle (Tipperary)

 

PwC GAA/GPA Hurler of the Year

John McGrath (Tipperary)

Jake Morris (Tipperary)

Brian Hayes (Cork)

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