The 2008 All-Star awards were announced last night and, as expected, Kilkenny dominated the selection.  Here are the winners:

1 Brendan Cummins Tipperary

2 Michael Kavanagh Kilkenny
3 Noel Hickey Kilkenny
4 Jackie Tyrell Kilkenny

5 Tommy Walsh Kilkenny
6 Conor O’Mahony Tipperary
7 JJ Delaney Kilkenny

8 ‘Cha’ Fitzpatrick Kilkenny
9 Shane McGrath Tipperary

10 Ben O’Connor Cork
11 Henry Shefflin Kilkenny
12 Eoin Larkin Kilkenny

13 Eddie Brennan Kilkenny
14 Eoin Kelly Waterford
15 Joe Canning Galway

The county breakdown is:

9 Kilkenny
3 Tipperary
1 Waterford
1 Cork
1 Galway

Henry Shefflin probably needs to extend his mantlepiece as he now has 8 All Star awards. Tommy Walsh wins his sixth consecutive award at the ripe old age of 25.

In his debut year in senior inter-county hurling, Joe Canning won his first award.

The one omission which stands out is John Mullane. Mullane had an excellent year for Na Déise and and clocked up 27 points from play - which put him second on the list of the top scorers from play.