Limerick's half forward Gearoid Hegarty has been named PWC GAA GPA Hurler of the Year
The St Patrick's club man beat off competition from Clare's Tony Kelly and Waterford's Stephen Bennett. Hegarty, who won his first All-Star award tonight, picked up the Man of the Match award in the All-Ireland final win over Waterford, raising seven white flags. In the unbeaten run to Liam MacCarthy, the former inter county footballer, scored 0-20 in total.
Gearóid Hegarty wins the 2020 PwC Hurler of the Year award - 'I was having a look at the hurlers that have won it over the last number of years so it's an incredibly illustrious list to join' pic.twitter.com/sRHS8bG6Oh
— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) February 20, 2021
Dublin midfielder Brian Fenton was named PwC GAA/GPA Footballer of the year as Eoin Cody from Ballyhale Shamrocks was confirmed as the PwC GAA/GPA Young hurler of the Year after his exploits with Kilkenny last season.
While Oisín Mullin is the PwC GAA/GPA Young Footballer of the Year after the Kilmaine star picked up an award in the football team announced on Friday.
The announcement was made as part of a special programme to honour all of the PwC All-Stars shown on RTÉ 1.
Limerick’s Gearoid Hegarty is crowned the 2020 Hurler Of The Year #PWCAllStars pic.twitter.com/RXKFvV1xOS
— The GAA (@officialgaa) February 20, 2021
Limerick manager John Kiely reflects on an 'incredible' year for his team, saying they saved their best performance for the All-Ireland final - watch live on @rteone and @rteplayer pic.twitter.com/G5HhtDhEsw
— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) February 20, 2021
Limerick manager John Kiely reflects on an 'incredible' year for his team, saying they saved their best performance for the All-Ireland final - watch live on @rteone and @rteplayer pic.twitter.com/G5HhtDhEsw
— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) February 20, 2021
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