Three Limerick stars vie for Hurler of the Year gong at the 2023 All-Star Awards

THERE of Limerick's four-in-a-row hurling heroes are in line for further success this Friday evening with the announcement of the 2023 season's Hurler of the Year.

Diarmaid Byrnes, Kyle Hayes and Aaron Gillane are the players that up for the award which will be announced at tonight's All-Star gala at the RDS. All three were named as All-Stars for their performances as Limerick won the All-Ireland this year.

Byrnes won the award last year, while Hayes was a recipient of the Young Hurler of the Year gong when Limerick won the All-Ireland title in 2018.

Gillane is the favourtie to win the award. If he does, he will become the third Patrickswell clubman to have earned the prestigious award in a row after Byrnes and Cian Lynch in 2021.

It is the fourth time that Byrnes and Hayes have won All-Stars (2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023), while Gillane has also won his fourth (2019, 2020 and 2022).

The awards, which are to be held at the RDS for the very first time, are live on RTÉ 1 from 7.30pm.