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Hurling Team Of Past 25 Years!

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https://limerickgaa.ie/gaa-ie-hurling-team-of-the-last-25-years/ Fine team picked. Great first 15 when Ken McGrath doesn't make it! I suppose the selectors didn't want to face another barrage of Joe Duffy tripe, so they decided to leave Kyle Hayes out completely! I'd rate him a better half-back than Sean Og, for one. And a better hurler overall than Richie Hogan. Also a bit surprised to not see Jackie Tyrrell make the 26. I suppose you can't pick them all. All fine hurlers named. Congratulations to the 26! foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2114 - 22/12/2024 14:50:49 2584287 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "https://limerickgaa.ie/gaa-ie-hurling-team-of-the-last-25-years/ Fine team picked. Great first 15 when Ken McGrath doesn't make it! I suppose the selectors didn't want to face another barrage of Joe Duffy tripe, so they decided to leave Kyle Hayes out completely! I'd rate him a better half-back than Sean Og, for one. And a better hurler overall than Richie Hogan. Also a bit surprised to not see Jackie Tyrrell make the 26. I suppose you can't pick them all. All fine hurlers named. Congratulations to the 26!" 25 years brings us to 1999. I am amazed there is a Wexford man selected, even more amazed it's chinner. Wonderful as he is Damien Fitzhenry would be our pick for me. Arguably the only Wexford Man who's the best of all time in his position. Then again there have been so many fabulous players in that time it's very hard to look outside all Ireland winners. In that sense it's remarkable to see Wexford or Waterford included at all. Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3228 - 22/12/2024 19:20:52 2584300 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "https://limerickgaa.ie/gaa-ie-hurling-team-of-the-last-25-years/ Fine team picked. Great first 15 when Ken McGrath doesn't make it! I suppose the selectors didn't want to face another barrage of Joe Duffy tripe, so they decided to leave Kyle Hayes out completely! I'd rate him a better half-back than Sean Og, for one. And a better hurler overall than Richie Hogan. Also a bit surprised to not see Jackie Tyrrell make the 26. I suppose you can't pick them all. All fine hurlers named. Congratulations to the 26!" Yep, fair to say you can't pick them all, so a pointless exercise in reality. Pass awhile in the pub, but that's about it. Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3908 - 22/12/2024 20:16:53 2584304 Link
Eddie Brennan would be a notable absentee for me on the 26. I'd have JJ at full back instead of the rock, a far better player and Jackie tyrrell in the corner. Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 2097 - 22/12/2024 23:19:50 2584311 Link
Replying To Pope_Benedict: "Yep, fair to say you can't pick them all, so a pointless exercise in reality. Pass awhile in the pub, but that's about it." Yes, a conversation starter and sometimes finisher for the quiet time of the year, these teams. Good to see Joe on it, obviously really. It must have been fair close between Finn and Ollie, though! foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2114 - 22/12/2024 23:36:02 2584312 Link
Replying To Bon: "Eddie Brennan would be a notable absentee for me on the 26. I'd have JJ at full back instead of the rock, a far better player and Jackie tyrrell in the corner." I'd suggest it would be just as entertaining to pick a panel of players from the same period who never won a Celtic cross Doylerwex (Wexford) - Posts: 3228 - 23/12/2024 08:02:16 2584317 Link
Replying To Doylerwex: "I'd suggest it would be just as entertaining to pick a panel of players from the same period who never won a Celtic cross" Fully agree. Cuhullain (Kildare) - Posts: 291 - 23/12/2024 09:29:14 2584321 Link
1Damien Fitzhenry, 2. Jackie Tyrell, 3. JJ Delaney, 4. Ollie Canning, 5. Tommy Walsh, 6 Ken McGrath, 7 Kyle Hayes, 8 David Burke, 9 Cian Lynch, 10 Tony Kelly, 11 TJ Reid, 12 Henry Shefflin, 13 Patrick Horgan, 14 Joe Canning, 15 Eoin Kelly 16. Eoin Murphy, 17 Daithi Burke, 18, Diarmuid O'Sullivan, 19. Sean Finn, 20. Michael Fennelly, 21 Shane O'Donnell, 22. Seamus Callanan, 23. John Mullane, 24. Aaron Gillane, 25. Gearoid Hegarty Some outrageous hurlers left out then, Brendan Cummins, Ben O'Connor, DJ (most of his hurling done pre this timeframe) Eoin Larkin, Lar Corbett, Noel McGrath, Gearoid Hegarty, Sean Óg, Eugene Cloonan, Keith Rossiter, Austin Gleeson, Brick Walsh, Tom Morrissey, Nickie Quaid, Paul Murphy, Lee Chin, Joe Deane, Eddie Brennan etc too many to name Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin (Wexford) - Posts: 286 - 23/12/2024 11:37:08 2584330 Link
Replying To Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin: "1Damien Fitzhenry, 2. Jackie Tyrell, 3. JJ Delaney, 4. Ollie Canning, 5. Tommy Walsh, 6 Ken McGrath, 7 Kyle Hayes, 8 David Burke, 9 Cian Lynch, 10 Tony Kelly, 11 TJ Reid, 12 Henry Shefflin, 13 Patrick Horgan, 14 Joe Canning, 15 Eoin Kelly 16. Eoin Murphy, 17 Daithi Burke, 18, Diarmuid O'Sullivan, 19. Sean Finn, 20. Michael Fennelly, 21 Shane O'Donnell, 22. Seamus Callanan, 23. John Mullane, 24. Aaron Gillane, 25. Gearoid Hegarty Some outrageous hurlers left out then, Brendan Cummins, Ben O'Connor, DJ (most of his hurling done pre this timeframe) Eoin Larkin, Lar Corbett, Noel McGrath, Gearoid Hegarty, Sean Óg, Eugene Cloonan, Keith Rossiter, Austin Gleeson, Brick Walsh, Tom Morrissey, Nickie Quaid, Paul Murphy, Lee Chin, Joe Deane, Eddie Brennan etc too many to name" Definitely too many to name! Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14127 - 23/12/2024 13:14:27 2584338 Link
It is always impossible to disagree with the selection of great players. What I disagree with is the use of the term "greatest player ever". Different times, different teams, different achievements, different challenges etc. etc. Was Christy Ring better than Joe Canning or Eddie Kerr. Is T.J. better than Kyle Hayes or Lee Chin or Shane O Donnell and so on. The term "one of the greatest " is the proper term. Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2900 - 23/12/2024 13:50:21 2584340 Link
Replying To Throughthemidfieldhewasstormin: "1Damien Fitzhenry, 2. Jackie Tyrell, 3. JJ Delaney, 4. Ollie Canning, 5. Tommy Walsh, 6 Ken McGrath, 7 Kyle Hayes, 8 David Burke, 9 Cian Lynch, 10 Tony Kelly, 11 TJ Reid, 12 Henry Shefflin, 13 Patrick Horgan, 14 Joe Canning, 15 Eoin Kelly 16. Eoin Murphy, 17 Daithi Burke, 18, Diarmuid O'Sullivan, 19. Sean Finn, 20. Michael Fennelly, 21 Shane O'Donnell, 22. Seamus Callanan, 23. John Mullane, 24. Aaron Gillane, 25. Gearoid Hegarty Some outrageous hurlers left out then, Brendan Cummins, Ben O'Connor, DJ (most of his hurling done pre this timeframe) Eoin Larkin, Lar Corbett, Noel McGrath, Gearoid Hegarty, Sean Óg, Eugene Cloonan, Keith Rossiter, Austin Gleeson, Brick Walsh, Tom Morrissey, Nickie Quaid, Paul Murphy, Lee Chin, Joe Deane, Eddie Brennan etc too many to name" "DJ (most of his hurling done pre this timeframe)" DJ Carey won 3 AI medals, 3 All-Star Awards, All-Star Hurler of the Year & All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final man of the match in 2000; all in the timeframe. Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2663 - 23/12/2024 19:16:37 2584364 Link
Replying To Cockney_Cat: ""DJ (most of his hurling done pre this timeframe)" DJ Carey won 3 AI medals, 3 All-Star Awards, All-Star Hurler of the Year & All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final man of the match in 2000; all in the timeframe." I think the point he's making is that DJ hurled 11 years for Kilkenny before the timeframe. Also there are other hurlers who won more than DJ in the time frame who aren't on the team. DJ didn't even score a point in the 2003 final, although he was good in 2000 and 2002. 7 of his 9 all stars were won before the period. Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 14127 - 23/12/2024 20:23:51 2584368 Link
Replying To Bon: "Eddie Brennan would be a notable absentee for me on the 26. I'd have JJ at full back instead of the rock, a far better player and Jackie tyrrell in the corner." I can see how ppl would have J.J. at full and Jackie in the corner instead of The Rock. They were both better defenders and tighter man markers than O'Sullivan. Yet, I'd have the Rock on my team. He was great to watch, and as ppl on here should know, I certainly don't support Cork. Some of his hits and plays were more like the stuff of fiction unless you actually say them. I was there the day he nearly blew poor Jack Foley back to Adare and then opened up the shoulders and put the ball over the bar from 100 yards. I had to simply stand up and applaud the man that day even though I was gunning for Limk to win. His battles with KK were also Trojan, heroic stuff. Incidentally, I think a team of the noughties was picked and the Rock wasn't on it, afaik. I'm trying to find links to it but can't! This is the one from the nineties. Fitzhenry, like DJ had most of his great stuff done before 2000, or so it seems the selectors think! Hurling Team of the 1990s: Damien Fitzhenry (Wexford), Brian Corcoran (Cork), Brian Lohan (Clare), Martin Hanamy (Offaly); Brian Whelahan (Offaly), Seánie McMahon (Clare); Liam Dunne (Wexford), Ciarán Carey (Limerick), Michael Coleman (Galway); Martin Storey (Wexford), Gary Kirby (Limerick), Jamesie O'Connor (Clare); Michael Cleary (Tipperary), DJ Carey (Kilkenny), Johnny Dooley (Offaly). Some great names there, too. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2114 - 23/12/2024 21:37:37 2584375 Link