The 2007 GAA All-Stars, RTÉ One, 7pm
RTÉ's Michael Lyster will present the 2007 Vodafone GAA All Stars live from Citywest Hotel Dublin. Also announced on the night will be the footballer and hurler of the year awards. (Also on www.rte.ie/live)
Six members of the All-Ireland winning Kilkenny hurling team have been named today as Vodafone GAA All Stars for 2007.
The All Stars, chosen by the country’s leading GAA journalists, were announced by GAA president Nickey Brennan following the selection meeting at Dublin’s Westbury Hotel.
The awards will be presented on Friday night at the gala All Stars banquet in the CityWest Hotel which will be broadcast live on RTÉ One from 7pm. The programme will also be streamed worldwide on RTÉ.ie.
The Footballer and Hurler of the Year will also be announced on Friday night, as well as the winners of the Young Footballer and Young Hurler of the Year awards.
Seven players receive All Stars for the first time and four counties are represented in the list of fifteen players.
Henry Shefflin’s pursuit of the record number of All Star awards continues. He becomes the first player in the history of the event to be selected on six consecutive occasions. This is his seventh award and he is now just two short of the record held jointly by former team-mate DJ Carey and Kerry football star Pat Spillane.
Shefflin’s Kilkenny team-mate Tommy Walsh has been selected for the fifth consecutive year. He has won awards at midfield, corner-back, half-forward, left half-back and now at right half-back.
Ken McGrath wins his third award in another different position at centre half-back having been chosen at left half-forward in 2002 and midfield in 2004.
The seven first-time winners are Brian Murray (Limerick), Declan Fanning (Tipperary), Jackie Tyrrell (Kilkenny), Michael Walsh (Waterford), Ollie Moran (Limerick), Stephen Molumphy (Waterford) and Andrew O’Shaughnessy (Limerick).
The county breakdown reads: Kilkenny (6), Waterford (5), Limerick (3), Tipperary (1).
The Vodafone GAA Hurling All Stars for 2007 are:
1 Brian Murray (Limerick)
2 Michael Kavanagh (Kilkenny)
3 Declan Fanning (Tipperary)
4 Jackie Tyrell (Kilkenny)
5 Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny)
6 Ken McGrath (Waterford)
7 Tony Browne (Waterford)
8 Michael Walsh (Waterford)
9 James Fitzpatrick (Kilkenny)
10 Dan Shanahan (Waterford)
11 Ollie Moran (Limerick)
12 Stephen Molumphy (Waterford)
13 Andrew O'Shaughnessy (Limerick)
14 Henry Shefflin (Kilkenny)
15 Eddie Brennan (Kilkenny)
