Kilkenny have scooped six Vodafone All-Star awards for 2009, with Henry Shefflin and Tommy Walsh claiming the honour for the ninth and sixth time respectively.
Tipperary have received two awards fewer than the champions, with Padraig Maher, Lar Corbett, and Noel McGrath in the team for the first time.
The GAA Hurling Vodafone All-stars for 2009 are as follows:
Goalkeeper:
1 PJ Ryan (Kilkenny ) first award.
Fullbacks:
2 Ollie Canning (Galway ) fourth award ('01, '03, '05 ).
3 Padraig Maher (Tipperary ) first award.
4 Jackie Tyrrell (Kilkenny ) third award (07, '08 ).
Half-Backs:
5 Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny ) seventh award in-a-row ('03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08 ).
6 Michael Walsh (Waterford ) second award ('07 ).
7 Conor O'Mahony (Tipperary ) second award ('08 ).
Midfield:
8 Michael Rice (Kilkenny ) first award.
9 Alan McCrabbe (Dublin ) first award.
Half-Forwards:
10 Lar Corbett (Tipperary ) first award.
11 Henry Shefflin (Kilkenny ) ninth award ('00, '02, '03, '04, '05, '06, '07, '08 ).
12 Eoin Larkin (Kilkenny ) second award ('08 ).
Full-Forwards:
13 Noel McGrath (Tipperary ) first award
14 Joe Canning (Galway ) second award ('08 )
15 John Mullane (Waterford ) second award ('03 ).
Senior Player of the Year Award: Tommy Walsh
