Kyle Hayes is hurler of the year as Sunday Game name 2023 team

The trains have left the station (for Limerick and Kilkenny respectively) and all that is left is to analyse the Treaty County's fourth straight All-Ireland title.

Central to their success has been their powerful half-back line, which absorbed the loss of Declan Hannon and kept on motoring.

The starting half-back line are among seven Limerick players named on The Sunday Game team of the year, with wing-back Kyle Hayes their selection as Hurler of The Year.

There are five Kilkenny men, two from Clare and one Galway hurler in the 15.

Eoin Murphy (Kilkenny)

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Steadily building a back catalogue of saves that will sit up there with the best that ever played the game - his stunning reaction stop against Clare in particular one for the ages. Marry that with his pinpoint restarts and the Kilkenny shotstopper is the prototype modern goalkeeper.

Mikey Butler (Kilkenny)

Last year's young hurler of the year did not suffer a difficult second season, even if it did ultimately end in disappointment again. A tremendously sticky man marker, he is a great foil to Huw Lawlor inside him. Has also added goal-scoring to his repertoire.

Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny)

Following in a fine line of dominant Kilkenny full-backs, the Ballyhale man is a wonderful successor to likes of Noel Hickey and JJ Delaney. For the second year running Lawlor kept decent tabs on Aaron Gillane in the All-Ireland final. No mean feat.

Dan Morrissey (Limerick)

Without his compadre Sean Finn in a much-shuffled