Updated / Friday, 19 Feb 2021
19:06
Eleven players from the All-Ireland final ended the year on the All-Star selection
Cavan s remarkable victory in the Ulster championship and their run to the All-Ireland semi-finals has been duly recognised, while it is Dublin, once again, who dominate the 2020 PWC All-Stars with a record equaling nine players.
The Breffni County secured their first Anglo-Celt Cup since 1997, beating Monaghan, Antrim, Down and Donegal to land the perennially attritional Ulster Championship, and as a result, three of their leading lights have been selected on this year s final fifteen.
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All-Stars reaction: Dublin s record-equalling haul and did Mayo deserve more than two?
Cavan more than doubled their previous tally and Conor Sweeney became Tipperary’s fourth recipient of the award. Kevin O Brien By Kevin O Brien Friday 19 Feb 2021, 3:03 PM Feb 19th 2021, 3:03 PM 11,891 Views 17 Comments
THE FOUR ALL-Ireland semi-finalists make up the entire All-Star football selection, one that’s predictably dominated by six-in-a-row champions Dublin. Dublin’s Ciaran Kilkenny and Oisín Mullin of Mayo both picked up All-Stars. Source: Ryan Byrne/INPHO
Dublin had nine players selected and even then Stephen Cluxton, Robbie McDaid and Sean Bugler made decent cases for inclusion.
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Sweeney over the moon with extra special All-Star
February 19, 2021
Tipperary s Conor Sweeney and Sean O Dea of Limerick during the Munster SFC clash at Thurles
Tipperary captain Conor Sweeney has described the “incredible” feeling after winning an All-Star award this morning.
Speaking to Tipp FM Radio this morning, Sweeney said that winning an All-Star is “the pinnacle of every individual players thoughts and dreams”.
“It’s great, it was great news this morning I must say, it really tops off a good year so I’m delighted with the news to be fair,” he stated.
“I suppose it’s probably the pinnacle of any individual award to get an All-Star so I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about it.
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