All-Ireland champions Tyrone emulate Limerick with 15 All Star nominations

Tyrone duo Meyler as well as McGeary face obstacle from Mayo's Keegan for Footballer of the Year

All-Ireland football champs Tyrone have actually mimicked their tossing counterparts Limerick by protecting 15 elections in this year's PwC All Stars long checklist for 2021. The Ulster champs have not quite the very same potential customers as Limerick, considered that seven of their gamers have actually been chosen for 6 settings in support.

This is a representation of the fluidness of the champs' game, which saw several Tyrone players moving between the fifty percent backs and fifty percent forwards with uncomplicated flexibility.

For example carried out a fantastic man-marking task on Kerry's in the All-Ireland semi-final before reverting to a more conventional wing-forward function in the final, that included laying on a remarkably heavy ball for Cathal McShane to rack up Tyrone's first objective.

McShane makes a bit of background by getting nominated regardless of not starting a match, such was his impact off the bench from which he racked up objectives in both the All-Ireland semi-final and final.

He adheres to in the steps of other substitutes whose champions were so prominent that they were regarded worthy of All Star nominations, such as Dublin's Kevin McManamon, whose goal transformed the 2011 All-Ireland last versus Kerry as well as, whose performances when controversially at the time omitted from the starting team throughout the champion, played a major function in Kerry's 2000 All-Ireland success.

McManamon had actually started one of Dublin's championship suits, against Laois.

Meyler is also awarded with a nomination for Footballer of the Year along with team-mate Kieran McGeary, one more who invested his season switching in between wing onward and also the fifty percent backs. The third election mosts likely to Mayo's Lee Keegan, that was the area's best gamer in the All-Ireland semi-final and last.

Goalkeeper may be accounted unfortunate to not to be shortlisted for FOTY after a remarkably excellent season, culminating in a fantastic efficiency in the All-Ireland last. He is nominated for an All Celebrity together with (Mayo) and also (Monaghan).

Both of Tyrone's centrefielders as well as are chosen.

Mayo's depiction in the nominations falls from 12 to 8 regardless of being beaten finalists in both years.

There is a much more precipitous succumb to in 2014's six-in-a-row All-Ireland victors Dublin. They protected 13 nominations last season-- and a joint-record 9 honors-- which this moment around declines to five.

The various other ruined semi-finalists Kerry have seven, including the Clifford brothers, twice honoured David and also his older bro Paudie, for whom it is a very first nomination.

The O'Neill siblings from Armagh are also both chosen, Oisín at centrefield as well as Rian in the forwards. There is additionally recognition for superior individual performances on groups that really did not attribute in the later stages. Clare's is listed among the forwards whereas Seán Meehan from Cork is included after a great season that saw him maintain scoreless in the Munster football last.

The 2020 Young Footballer of the Year Oisín Mullin is once again shortlisted, together with Galway's as well as climbing Tyrone star, Darragh Canavan.

This is the 50th anniversary of the All Stars.

"The concept of these All Celebrity honors originated from the reporters and also won the prompt imprimatur of the Central Council," stated then association head of state, at the launch of the plan in August 1971.

"It is a measure of the reporters' dedication to the GAA that they should undertake the organisation and also the prep work of the whole procedure. They have actually found eager allies in PJ Carroll as well as Firm through whose generous sponsorship a fine idea becomes a reality."

" The nominations were selected by a panel contributors from across, print, radio, TV and electronic media, chaired by GAA president Larry McCarthy. The PwC All-Stars for Football 2021 will certainly be introduced survive on the evening of the awards which will certainly be hung on December 10th. The discussion will occur in a telecasted ceremony.

2021 PwC All Celebrity Football Nominees

Goalkeepers: Niall Morgan (Tyrone), Robert Hennelly (Mayo), Rory Beggan (Monaghan).

Backs: Pádraig Hampsey (Tyrone), Peter Harte (Tyrone), Michael McKernan (Tyrone), Frank Burns (Tyrone), Ronan McNamee (Tyrone), Kieran McGeary (Tyrone), Conor Meyler (Tyrone), Stephen Coen (Mayo), Patrick Durcan (Mayo), Lee Keegan (Mayo), Pádraig O'Hora (Mayo), Brian Ó Beaglaoich (Kerry), Tom O'Sullivan (Kerry), Gavin White (Kerry), Michael Fitzsimons (Dublin), Brian Howard (Dublin), Seán Meehan (Cork), Ryan McAnespie (Monaghan).

Centrefielders: Brian Kennedy (Tyrone), Conn Kilpatrick (Tyrone), Matthew Ruane (Mayo), David Moran (Kerry), Oisín O'Neill (Armagh), Brian Fenton (Dublin).

Forwards: Mattie Donnelly (Tyrone), Conor McKenna (Tyrone), Niall Sludden (Tyrone), Darren McCurry (Tyrone), Cathal McShane (Tyrone), Tommy Conroy (Mayo), Ryan O'Donoghue (Mayo), David Clifford (Kerry), Paudie Clifford (Kerry), Seán O'Shea (Kerry), Cormac Costello (Dublin), Ciarán Kilkenny (Dublin), Jack McCarron (Monaghan), Daniel Flynn (Kildare), Michael Langan (Donegal), Rian O'Neill (Armagh), Eoin Cleary (Clare), Shane Walsh (Galway).