Id never go there. Its an amateur game and regardless of how good or bad one is, the fact that they give up their time to contribute makes them critic free imo
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Noel Skehan should be unanimous really.
I don’t care how many medals he has
It’s only around since 1995.
So Skehan never won it.
Hurler of the year??
1995 Brian Lohan Clare Wolfe Tones
1996 Martin Storey Wexford Oulart-the Ballagh
1997 Jamesie O’Connor Clare St. Joseph’s Doora-Barefield
1998 Tony Browne Waterford Mount Sion
1999 Brian Corcoran Cork Erin’s Own
2000 D. J. Carey Kilkenny Young Irelands
2001 Tommy Dunne Tipperary Toomevara
2002 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny Ballyhale Sharmocks
2003 J. J. Delaney Kilkenny Fenians
2004 Seán Óg Ó hAilpín Cork Na Piarsaigh
2005 Jerry O’Connor Cork Newtownshandrum
2006 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny Ballyhale Sharmocks
2007 Dan Shanahan Waterford Lismore
2008 Eoin Larkin Kilkenny James Stephens
2009 Tommy Walsh Kilkenny Tullaroan
2010 Lar Corbett Tipperary Thurles Sarsfields
2011 Michael Fennelly Kilkenny Ballyhale Sharmocks
2012 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny Ballyhale Sharmocks
2013 Tony Kelly Clare Ballyea
2014 Richie Hogan Kilkenny Danesfort
2015 T. J. Reid Kilkenny Ballyhale Shamrocks
2016 Austin Gleeson Waterford Mount Sion
2017 Joe Canning Galway Portumna
2018 Cian Lynch Limerick Patrickswell
2019 Séamus Callanan Tipperary Drom-Inch
2020 Gearóid Hegarty Limerick St Patricks
2021 Cian Lynch Limerick Patrickswell
The ‘Hurler of the year’ award has existed since the 50s, mostly household names (for GAA fans) but a few outliers, most notably Skehan in 1982
The Texaco Award was the real thing
Yea, that’s the Texaco one.
1958-2012
Seán Óg Ó hAilpín, without a shadow of a doubt. Got the best out of himself as a player for his hurling ability, no doubt about that, but in all fairness he was not in the same league hurling ability wise as the rest of that esteemed list.
And that’s not an insult…THAT is just a fact of life.
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Yea, he was my standout choice as well but I was afraid to post.
He didn’t pick up a hurl until he was 12. He never had the fluency but by God he had the fitness and the strength.
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OOOFFFTTT!
Fitzgibbon could still catch Kyle for All Ireland’s so we shouldn’t gloat just yet.
Even if catching him meant a sprint race I would still take Hayes.
Tremendous INTERNETTING
I know Fitzgibbon is a Ballyagran man which obviously makes him a Limerick man but he would not make the Limerick panel. He falls well short in the attributes a hurler needs to make the cut in Limerick.
Does’nt have the work rate. Same as Ronan Lynch.
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I dunno give him the Limerick gym and diet plan and the training and on paper you’ve a HOTY contender. However he could spit out the dummy like a Ronan Lynch.
He’d definitely get game time in the Munster League.