Four-in-a-row All-Ireland champions Limerick lead the way in this year's PwC Hurling All-Star nominations.
The Treaty county has claimed 14 of the 45 nominations. There are also nine nominations for Clare, eight for Kilkenny, six for Galway, four for Cork, three for Tipperary and one for Dublin.
The nominees for PwC GAA/GPA Hurler and Young Hurler of the Year awards have also been announced.
In the senior category, it's an all-Limerick affair with Kyle Hayes, Aaron Gillane and 2022 winner Diarmaid Byrnes short-listed.
In the Young Hurler of the Year category, Clare duo Adam Hogan and Mark Rodgers have been nominated along with Cork's Ciaran Joyce.
11 June 2023; Adam Hogan of Clare before the Munster GAA Hurling GAA Championship Final match between Clare and Limerick at TUS Gaelic Grounds in Limerick. Photo by Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile
2023 PwC Hurling All-Star nominees
Goalkeepers
Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)
Nickie Quaid (Limerick)
Eibhear Quilligan (Clare)
Defenders
Barry Nash (Limerick)
Mike Casey (Limerick)
Dan Morrissey (Limerick)
Kyle Hayes (Limerick)
Diarmaid Byrnes (Limerick)
23 July 2023; Diarmaid Byrnes of Limerick in action against Eoin Cody of Kilkenny during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kilkenny and Limerick at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
Mikey Butler (Kilkenny)
Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)
Paddy Deegan (Kilkenny)
David Blanchfield (Kilkenny)
John Conlon (Clare)
Adam Hogan (Clare)
Diarmuid Ryan (Clare)
David McInerney (Clare)
Ciarán Joyce (Cork)
Damien Cahalane (Cork)
Jack Grealish (Galway)
Daithí Burke (Galway)
Ronan Maher (Tipperary)
23 July 2023; Darragh O'Donovan of Limerick with the Liam MacCarthy Cup after the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship final match between Kilkenny and Limerick at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
Midfielders
Darragh O’Donovan (Limerick)
Will O’Donoghue (Limerick)
Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork)
David Fitzgerald (Clare)
Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny)
Forwards
Cian Lynch (Limerick)
Peter Casey (Limerick)
Tom Morrissey (Limerick)
Aaron Gillane (Limerick)
Seamus Flanagan (Limerick)
David Reidy (Limerick)
Cathal Mannion (Galway)
Conor Whelan (Galway)
Brian Concannon (Galway)
Evan Niland (Galway)
28 May 2023; Donal Burke of Dublin scores a point despite pressure from Padraic Mannion of Galway during the Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 5 match between Dublin and Galway at Croke Park in Dublin. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
Tony Kelly (Clare)
Shane O’Donnell (Clare)
Mark Rodgers (Clare)
TJ Reid (Kilkenny)
Eoin Cody (Kilkenny)
Jake Morris (Tipperary)
Dónal Burke (Dublin)
Patrick Horgan (Cork)
2023 PwC GAA/GPA Hurler of the Year Nominees
Kyle Hayes, Aaron Gillane, Diarmaid Byrnes (all Limerick)
2023 PwC GAA/GPA Young Hurler of the Year Nominees
Adam Hogan (Clare), Mark Rodgers (Clare), Ciaran Joyce (Cork)
The list of 45 nominations for the PwC Football All-Stars will be announced on Friday morning. The PwC All-Star teams will be presented with their awards at a gala black-tie event which will be staged in Dublin’s RDS and shown live on RTÉ on Friday, November 17.
