Tipperary boss manager Colm Bonnar has named his panel for the upcoming Allianz Hurling League campaign and there is no place for John O’Dwyer.
A goalscorer in Tipperary’s All-Ireland final wins over Kilkenny in both 2016 and ‘19, ‘Bubbles’ is one of the county’s most celebrated natural talents but hasn’t always been an automatic starter and though he started each of Tipp’s three Championship games last year, scoring 1-10, he was replaced in all of them.
Now 30, it remains to be seen if there is a way back into Bonnar’s plans for the Killenaule man but with such a short period between League and Championship with the new split season model, which also means that O’Dwyer will have limited scope to prove himself on the club scene, his chances of earning a recall this season may be limited.
Elsewhere, Bonnar has included the long-serving Patrick ‘Bonner’ Maher, who was sidelined last year by an Achilles tendon rupture, there are recalls for Denis Maher and Ger Browne while Dylan Walsh, Enda Heffernan, Conor Bowe and Conor Stakelum are first-time call-ups.
Tipp will operate in Division 1B in this year’s League alongside Laois, Kilkenny, Antrim, Dublin and Waterford and start their campaign away to Laois on Saturday, February 5.
Tipperary senior hurling panel for 2022 Allianz Hurling League:
Barry Hogan (Kiladangan), Brian Hogan (Lorrha-Dorrha), Craig Morgan (Kilruane MacDonaghs), Brian McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney), Cathal Barrett (Holycross-Ballycahill), Eoghan Connolly (Cashel King Cormacs), Ronan Maher (Thurles Sarsfields), Robert Byrne (Portroe), Paddy Cadell (JK Brackens), Barry Heffernan (Nenagh Eire Óg), Dillon Quirke (Clonoulty-Rossmore), James Quigley (Kiladangan), Enda Heffernan (Clonoulty Rossmore), John Meagher (Loughmore-Castleiney), Seamus Kennedy (St Mary’s), Dan McCormack (Borris-Ileigh), Alan Flynn (Kiladangan), Cian Darcy (Kilruane MacDonaghs), Conor Bowe (Moyne-Templetuohy), John McGrath(Loughmore-Castleiney), Patrick Maher (Lorrha-Dorrha), Ger Browne (Cashel King Cormacs), Mark Kehoe (Kilsheelan-Kilcash), Michael Breene (Ballina), Noel McGrath (Loughmore-Castleiney), Padraic Maher (Thurles Sarsfields), Conor Stakelum (Thurles Sarsfields), Jake Morris (Nenagh Eire Óg), Gearoid O'Connor (Moyne-Templetuohy), Dillon Walsh (Ballingarry), Denis Maher (Thurles Sarsfields), Jason Forde (Silvermines), Paul Flynn (Kiladangan), Seamus Callanan (Drom & Inch).
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