Jake Morris named Sunday Game hurler of the year, seven Tipp players on team of the year
"He has become selfless in his game," said Henry Shefflin, explaining why the panel chose the Nenagh Éire Óg man.
"The amount of link-up play he does, the amount of dummy runs he does, he was a goal scorer up to now. He's now become a fulcrum of that Tipp team. We spoke about the older, the younger lads, well he's in that middle category and he is the one who has serious potential for a number of years.
"We've seen it, just like the Tipp team, he's grown up to the stature that he is our hurler of the year. He was absolutely incredible."
Shefflin added that Morris had been in the conversation for the award prior to Sunday's victory over Cork, one in which the forward scored two points, but that teammates Ronan Maher and John McGrath had catapulted themselves into the mix with their performances in the final.
Maher, the Tipperary captain, was named man of the match for the final with McGrath and Darragh McCarthy being the other nominees.
In the panel's team of the year, there are seven players from Tipperary, four from Cork, two from Kilkenny, and one each from Galway and Dublin.
2025 Sunday Game hurling team of the year
1. Rhys Shelly (Tipperary); 2. Robert Doyle (Tipperary) 3. Huw Lawlor (Kilkenny) 4. Seán O'Donoghue (Cork); 5. Eoghan Connolly (Tipperary) 6. Ronan Maher (Tipperary) 7. Ciarán Joyce; (Cork) 8. Darragh Fitzgibbon (Cork) 9. Cathal Mannion (Galway); 10. Jake Morris (Tipperary) 11. Andrew Ormond (Tipperary) 12. Cian O'Sullivan (Dublin); 13. Mossy Keoghan (Kilkenny) 14. John McGrath (Tipperary) 15. Brian Hayes (Cork)
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