GAA Hurling All Stars for 2009...

Six of the Kilkenny players who helped their county to a fourth successive All-Ireland hurling title in 2009 have been rewarded with All Stars.

Runners-up Tipperary received four All Stars, while Galway and Waterford have picked up two each and Dublin one.

Kilkenny's Tommy Walsh was named Hurler of the Year.

Tipperary's Noel McGrath was named Young Hurler of the Year.

The 2009 Vodafone Hurling All-Stars are:

Goalkeeper:
PJ Ryan (Kilkenny)

Full-Backs:
Ollie Canning (Galway)
Padraig Maher (Tipperary)
Jackie Tyrrell (Kilkenny)

Half-Backs:
Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny)
Michael Walsh (Waterford)
Conor O'Mahony (Tipperary)

Midfield:
Michael Rice (Kilkenny)
Alan McCrabbe (Dublin)

Half-Forwards:
Lar Corbett (Tipperary)
Henry Shefflin (Kilkenny)
Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny)

Full-Forwards:
Noel McGrath (Tipperary)
Joe Canning (Galway)
John Mullane (Waterford)

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