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RTÉ Sport Journalist
Tis the season: to reflect on the year just passed, provide some holiday reading material and, perhaps most importantly, enrage most of the hurling world with some debatable opinions.
Thus, we present to you, our 2020 hurling pecking order.
For simplicity s sake, we have grouped each county within the same tier of championship they took part it in, though the likes of Kildare, Donegal and Louth might justifiably claim they would beat some of the teams placed higher.
1. Limerick
No debate over this one. John Kiely’s Limerick juggernaut won every game they played this year to claim a second All-Ireland title in three years, matching their best ever record. They also secured back-to-back league and Munster titles. Many of their key men, such as Cian Lynch, Kyle Hayes, Tom Morrissey, Sean Finn and Aaron Gillane, are 24 or under, suggesting a green curtain could fall over the next few years.