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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
Sport
Eamon Doggett

The Sunday Game name their team of the Hurling Championship

The Sunday Game panellist have named their team of the Hurling Championship after Limerick's thrilling victory over Kilkenny.

All of the pundits from the RTE show pored over the best performers of this season and voted on their 15s before the final team was named.

And it was no surprise that the 15 was dominated by Limerick players with eight players from the Treaty - Nickie Quaid, Sean Finn, Barry Nash, Diarmuid Byrnes, Declan Hannon, Gearoid Hegarty, Kyle Hayes and Aaron Gillane - all included.

Losing finalists Kilkenny have three players in the team in TJ Reid, Adrian Mullen and Huw Lawlor, while Clare also have three in Tony Kelly, David Fitzgerald and Shane O'Donnell. Finally Galway's Padraic Mannion is named in the half-back line.

On an individual level, The Sunday Game chose Limerick's free-scoring half-back Diarmuid Byrnes as their Hurler of the Year.

Here is their team:

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