Canning, Barron and Moran nominated for Hurler of the Year

Galway's Joe Canning and the Waterford pair of Jamie Barron and Kevin Moran have been nominated for the 2017 Hurler of the Year award.

But there is no place on the list for Gearoid McInerney, Galway's All-Ireland winner who the panellists on RTE's The Sunday Game nominated as their standout player of the year.

The Oranmore-Maree defender is one of 14 Galway players to make the 45-man All-Star shortlist, in a year Micheal Donoghue's side won their first Liam MacCarthy since 1988, the Leinster championship and the Allianz League title.

Of the 15-man Galway team that started their 0-26 to 2-17 All-Ireland SHC final win over Waterford on 3 September, only Jonathan Glynn misses out on an All-Star nomination.

Beaten All-Ireland finalists Waterford received 11 nominations, while Kilkenny received just two, the lowest since Brian Cody took over as Cats' manager in 1998.

Cork's Mark Coleman, Waterford's Conor Gleeson and Galway's Conor Whelan are the nominees for the Young Hurler of the Year award.

Hurler of the Year Nominees

Joe Canning [Galway)

Kevin Moran [Waterford]

Jamie Barron [Waterford]

Young Hurler of the Year Nominees

Mark Coleman [Cork]

Conor Gleeson [Waterford]

Conor Whelan [Galway]

All-Star Hurling Nominations

Goalkeepers

Colm Callanan [Galway], Anthony Nash [Cork], Stephen O’Keeffe [Waterford],

Defenders

Mark Coleman [Cork], Daithí Burke [Galway], Gearóid McInerney [Galway], Padraic Maher [Tipperary], Padraig Mannion [Galway], Noel Connors [Waterford], Tadhg de Búrca [Waterford], Aidan Harte [Galway], Adrian Tuohey [Galway], Darragh Fives [Waterford], Diarmuid O’Keeffe[Wexford], Colm Spillane [Cork], John Hanbury [Galway], Damien Cahalane [Cork], Cillian Buckley [Kilkenny], Conor Gleeson [Waterford], Philip Mahony [Waterford], Matthew O’Hanlon [Wexford]

Midfielders

David Burke [Galway], Jamie Barron [Waterford], Brendan Maher [Tipperary], Johnny Coen [Galway], Darragh Fitzgibbon [Cork], Lee Chin [Wexford]

Forwards

Kevin Moran [Waterford], Joe Canning [Galway], Conor Cooney [Galway], Joseph Cooney [Galway], Patrick Horgan [Cork], Pauric Mahony [Waterford], John McGrath [Tipperary], Michael Walsh [Waterford], Alan Cadogan [Cork], Conor Whelan [Galway] Conor Lehane [Cork], Noel McGrath [Tipperary], TJ Reid [Kilkenny], Austin Gleeson [Waterford], Seamus Callanan [Tipperary], Shane O’Donnell [Clare], Conor McDonald [Wexford], Cathal Mannion [Galway].

Missing the Championship already? eir Sport will broadcast up to 30 games from the AIB GAA Football and Hurling Club Championships in 2017. Coverage continues on Saturday, 23 September with the Limerick club hurling championship semi-final between Doon and Na Piarsaighs [throw-in 3pm] and the quarter-final replay between Patrickswell and Ballybrown [throw in 4.45pm]. Later on in the evening, Kilcar take on St Michael's in the Donegal club football championship semi-final [throw in 7.30pm]. 

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