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CORK team to play Dublin in an All-Ireland SHC on Saturday at 5.00pm at Páirc Uí Chaoimh: D Cusack; S O'Neill, D O'Sullivan, B Murphy; E Cadogan, J Gardiner, C McGann; T Kenny, J O'Connor; B O'Connor, N McCarthy, T McCarthy; C Naughton, N Ronan, J Deane.

DUBLIN team to play Cork in an All-Ireland SHC on Saturday at 5.00pm at Páirc Uí Chaoimh: G Maguire; N Corcoran, K Ryan, T Brady; S Hiney, R Fallon, J Boland; J McCaffrey, S Lambert; J Burke, D O'Dwyer, D Qualter; D O'Callaghan, K Flynn, R O'Carroll.

Curran and O'HAilpin out injured.
Gerald gave youtha chance in attack the last day. Paudie O'Sullivan, pa cronin and kevin canty are now dropped.
Back to the tried and trusted for Gerald.

What kind of player is K.Flynn. Will he do a lar corbett on the rock?
Despite his lack of scoring I thought John Kelly caused the wexford backs lots of problems and am surprised to see him dropped.

The following is from RTE and the examiner.
From my own county, whatever about nominations, I wouldn't be expecting too many allstars considering the middling year they had.
I would have liked to see a nomination though for Pa Cronin who was a leading light at times for us during his debut season.


Hurling All Stars nominations revealed
Thursday, 27 September 2007 18:21
Eleven members of Kilkenny's All-Ireland winning team, including record chaser Henry Shefflin, have been included in the list of nominees announced for the Vodafone GAA Hurling All Stars awards.

The winners will be announced on 17 October and the All Stars Banquet takes place on Friday 19 October. The event will be broadcast live on RTÉ Two television.

Shefflin's nomination puts him in line to pick up his seventh award. The record number of nine All Star awards is jointly held by his former teammate DJ Carey and former Kerry football star Pat Spillane.

Tommy Walsh, who has won four consecutive awards, is again nominated on the half back line.

All-Ireland finalists Limerick have ten players nominated for awards while Waterford's contribution to the championship is recognised with nine nominations. Laois star James Young has been nominated for the second time.

Nine of last year's hurling All Stars - Donal Og Cusack, Walsh, Tony Browne, James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick, Jerry O'Connor, Shefflin, Dan Shanahan, Martin Comerford and Eddie Brennan- are again nominated.

The county breakdown is: Kilkenny (11), Limerick (10), Waterford (9), Cork (7), Tipperary (3), Wexford (2), Galway (2), Laois (1).

The Vodafone GAA All Star hurling nominees for 2007 are:

Goalkeepers: Damien Fitzhenry (Wexford), Brian Murray (Limerick), Donal Og Cusack (Cork)

Full Backs: Michael Kavanagh (Kilkenny), Noel Hickey (Kilkenny), Jackie Tyrrell (Kilkenny), Seamus Hickey (Limerick), Stephen Lucey (Limerick), Damien Reale (Limerick), Declan Fanning (Tipperary), Aidan Kearney (Waterford), Keith Rossiter (Wexford)

Half Backs: Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny), Tony Browne (Waterford), Ken McGrath (Waterford), Mark Foley (Limerick), Brian Geary (Limerick), Eamon Corcoran (Tipperary), Conor O'Mahoney (Tipperary), Sean Og O'hAilpin (Cork), John Lee (Galway)

Midfield: Michael Walsh (Waterford), James Fitzpatrick (Kilkenny), Derek Lyng (Kilkenny), Tom Kenny (Cork), Jerry O'Connor (Cork), Donal O'Grady (Limerick)

Half Forwards: Ollie Moran (Limerick), Mike Fitzgerald (Limerick), Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny), Martin Comerford (Kilkenny), Stephen Molumphy (Waterford), Dan Shanahan (Waterford), Alan Kerins (Galway), Ben O'Connor (Cork), James Young (Laois)

Full Forwards: Andrew O'Shaughnessy (Limerick), Willie O'Dwyer (Kilkenny), Eddie Brennan (Kilkenny), Henry Shefflin (Kilkenny), Eoin McGrath (Waterford), Seamus Prendergast (Waterford), John Mullane (Waterford), Neil Ronan (Cork), Kieran Murphy (Cork)


Kellys miss out on All-star nomination

By Jim O'Sullivan
EOIN KELLY'S demotion from the Tipperary team for much of this year's championship campaign has cost him his place among the Vodafone GAA Allstar hurling nominations for the first time in seven years.


And namesake Eoin Kelly from Waterford is another casualty, along with leading defender JJ Delaney.

In sharp contrast, Kilkenny team-mates Henry Shefflin and Tommy Walsh will be bidding for their seventh and fifth awards, respectively, with Shefflin almost certain to close the game on joint record holders DJ Carey and Pat Spillane, who each hold nine.

Overall, the list of 45 from which the team will be picked in mid-October is also noteworthy for the fact that Limerick have 10 players nominated — just one less than champions Kilkenny.

Seven of them are among a group of 18 first-time nominees and it reflects the number of games they played en route to their first All-Ireland final appearance in 11 years.

Others in this category include Kilkenny's winning captain last year Jackie Tyrrell, Tipp defenders Declan Fanning and Conor O'Mahoney, Limerick sharpshooter Andrew O'Shaughnessy and the Cork pair Neil Ronan and Kieran Murphy (Sarsfields).

Nine of the 2006 team are nominated — Donal Óg Cusack, Walsh, Tony Browne, James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick, Jerry O'Connor, Shefflin, Dan Shanahan, Martin Comerford and Eddie Brennan. A further eight players are previous award winners, including Damien Fitzhenry, Ken McGrath, Mark Foley, Séan Óg Ó hAilpín — and the remaining eight are previous nominees who have yet to be selected as Allstars.

One of these is Ollie Moran, outstanding at centre-forward with Limerick all year, who was nominated in 1984 as a defender. Others include Waterford captain Michael 'Brick' Walsh, Galway forward Alan Kerins and Cork midfielder Tom Kenny.

The winners will be announced on October 17 and receive their awards at a banquet in the Citywest Hotel, Dublin — along with the successful football team — two nights later.