Limerick dominate PwC GAA/GPA All-Star and player of the year nominations for 2023

All-Ireland champions Limerick lead the way with 14 nominations for the PwC GAA/GPA All-Stars, an increase of two on they number they received last season.

The hurler of the year will definitely come from the Treaty City after Kyle Hayes, Aaron Gillane and Diarmaid Byrnes received the nod for their efforts in delivering a fourth Liam MacCarthy triumph on the spin.

Clare are next with nine nominations while Leinster champions, and beaten All-Ireland finalists, Kilkenny have eight. Players from seven counties in total have been nominated; Cork, Galway, Tipperary and Dublin being the others.

Clare duo Adam Hogan and Mark Rodgers have been nominated for the young player of the year alongside Cork's Ciaran Joyce.

The All-Star team will be selected by a panel of broadcast and written journalists, while the player of the year and young player of the year are decided by a vote among the players.

The awards will take place at the RDS in Dublin on 17 November and they will be live on RTÉ television and the RTÉ Player.

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), 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)

Midfielders

Darragh O'Donovan (Limerick), Will O'Donoghue (Limerick), Noel McGrath (Tipperary), Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork), David Fitzgerald (Clare), Adrian Mullen (Kilkenny)

Forwards

Cian Lynch