GALWAY GAA: 2018 Hurling All-Stars – Semi-Finals 

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Darren Kelly
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"Daithi Burke" "John Conlon" "Padraic Mannion" "Darragh Fitzgibbon"

Our opening round of the 2018 Galway Daily Hurling All-Stars saw the 64 nominees whittled down to 45 ahead of today’s (Tuesday) semi-finals. 

All 14 Galway contenders qualified from the opening round and will take their place in the field – James Skehill, Daithi Burke, Padraic Mannion, Adrian Tuohey, Johnny Coen, Aidan Harte, John Hanbury, Gearoid McInerney, David Burke, Joe Canning, Conor Whelan, Cathal Mannion, Jonathan Glynn, Joseph Cooney.

Limerick have 13 remaining (having lost two), Clare and Kilkenny have six each, Cork four, while Westmeath and Wexford have one player each left.  Carlow, Donegal, Dublin and Kildare lost their one representative each.

Adjudicators had to make a decision in Group Three of the Forwards section as Tony Kelly (Clare) and Shane Dowling (Limerick) finished in joint second.  They opted to keep Dowling in the competition.

Those unlucky to be eliminated included Gearoid Hegarty (Limerick), Brian Byrne (Kildare), Kelly (Clare) and Conor Lehane (Cork).

The semi-finals will see 15 groups containing three players each across the four categories (one goalkeeper, six defenders, two midfielders, six attackers).  The top two from each group advances to Wednesday’s finals.  All players were seeded based on quarter-final results.

So, join us in deciding our team of the year and we’ll update latest scores/results each day.  All ties will be decided by our adjudication committee and we look forward to seeing what 15 players make the final cut on Thursday (13th September). 

 

Quarter-Final Results 

GOALKEEPER 

EOIN MURPHY (Kilkenny) – 78%, JAMES SKEHILL (Galway) – 12%, NICKIE QUAID (Limerick) – 10%, Mark Fanning (Wexford) – 0%

Eoin Murphy

DEFENDERS 

DAITHI BURKE (Galway) – 94%, GEAROID McINERNEY (Galway) – 4%, DAN MORRISSEY (Limerick) – 2%, Damien Cahalane (Cork) – 0%

PADRAIC MANNION (Galway) – 85%, JACK BROWNE (Clare) – 6%, ADRIAN TUOHEY (Galway) – 6%, Mark Coleman (Cork) – 3%

SEAN FINN (Limerick) – 62%, CILLIAN BUCKLEY (Kilkenny) – 28%, CONOR CLEARY (Clare) – 10%, Cian O’Callaghan (Dublin) – 0%

DECLAN HANNON (Limerick) – 65%, JOHNNY COEN (Galway) – 19%, PADRAIG WALSH (Kilkenny) – 10%, Colm Galvin (Clare) – 6%

Declan Hannon

MIKE CASEY (Limerick) – 45%, RICHIE ENGLISH (Limerick) – 32%, JOHN HANBURY (Galway) – 13%, David McInerney (Clare) – 10%

AIDAN HARTE (Galway) – 53%, DIARMUID BYRNES (Limerick) – 39%, DIARMUID O’KEEFFE (Wexford) – 5%, Jamie Shanahan (Clare) – 3%

MIDFIELDERS 

DARRAGH FITZGIBBON (Cork) – 85%, CONOR FOGARTY (Kilkenny) – 11%, Danny Cullen (Donegal) – 4%

DAVID BURKE (Galway) – 68%, CIAN LYNCH (Limerick) – 29%, James Maher (Kilkenny) – 3%

David Burke

CATHAL MALONE (Clare) – 61%, AONGHUS CLARKE (Westmeath) – 22%, Brian Byrne (Kildare) – 17%

ATTACKERS 

JOHN CONLON (Clare) – 88%, RICHIE HOGAN (Kilkenny) – 9%, Chris Nolan (Carlow) – 3%

JOE CANNING (Galway) – 81%, TJ REID (Kilkenny) – 16%, Podge Collins (Clare) – 3%

TOM MORRISSEY (Limerick) – 72%, SHANE DOWLING (Limerick) – 14%, Tony Kelly (Clare) – 14%

Tom Morrissey

PETER DUGGAN (Clare) – 70%, SHANE O’DONNELL (Clare) – 20%, Seamus Flanagan (Limerick) – 10%

KYLE HAYES (Limerick) – 59%, SEAMUS HARNEDY (Cork) – 30%, Conor Lehane (Cork) – 11%

GRAEME MULCAHY (Limerick) – 49%, JOSEPH COONEY (Galway) – 33%, Gearoid Hegarty (Limerick) – 18%

PATRICK HORGAN (Cork) – 61%, JONATHAN GLYNN (Galway) – 36%, Conor McDonald (Wexford) – 3%

CATHAL MANNION (Galway) – 66%, DAN KEARNEY (Cork) – 28%, Aidan Nolan (Wexford) – 6%

CONOR WHELAN (Galway) – 54%, AARON GILLANE (Limerick) – 46%, Rory O’Connor (Wexford) – 0%

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