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Irish Daily Mirror
21-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
See surprise choice Sunday Game panel made for hurler of the year
Jake Morris was named hurler of the year by The Sunday Game panel on a day when Cork lost out on more than just an All-Ireland. On the back of their second half implosion, a number of Cork players have blown their chances of All-Stars with Tipp's contingent ready to fill the void. The newly crowned champs had seven players selected by the Sunday Game's six-person panel on their team of the year: Rhys Shelly, Robert Doyle, Andrew Ormond, Jake Morris, Ronan Maher, Eoghan Connolly and John McGrath. Read more: Cork homecoming cancelled as message sent to fans after All-Ireland final defeat READ MORE: The GAA slammed over DJ Carey decision on All-Ireland final day And when the All-Star committee sits, Michael Breen's name is also sure to be added to the mix. The Sunday Game's Henry Shefflin said: 'Ronan Maher, John McGrath and Jake Morris were the three Tipp lads whose names were in the frame. Two Cork lads were in the category for hurler of the year, too. 'Jake Morris is our choice. In the first half when Tipp were not flying, he was brilliant. He has become selfless in his performances. He is a player that has had serious potential for a number of years. He was outstanding.' Tipperary's Craig Morgan, Jake Morris and Darragh McCarthy celebrate after the game (Image: Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo) For Cork, Tim O'Mahony and Brian Hayes were shortlisted for the Sunday Game's prize … until the second half of Sunday's All-Ireland final. Pundit Brendan Cummins said: 'Tim O'Mahony went to bed as a hurler of the year contender and then missed out on making our team of the year. That is the joys of elite sport. It is a real hard luck story. 'He was in the form of his life. The All-Ireland final didn't go the way for him.' 'Natually you put the emphasis on the biggest game and the most recent one,' added former Cork keeper, Donal Og Cusack. 'Tipperary were outstanding.' Here are the 15 players who made their team of the year. Team of the year Goalkeeper Rhys Shelly - Tipperary Full back line Robert Doyle - Tipperary Huw Lawlor - Kilkenny Sean O'Donoghue - Cork Half back line Eoghan Connolly - Tipperary Ronan Maher - Tipperary Ciaran Joyce - Cork Midfield Darragh Fitzgibbon - Cork Cathal Mannion - Galway Half forwards Jake Morris - Tipperary Andrew Ormond - Tipperary Cian O'Sullivan - Dublin Full forwards Martin Keoghan - Kilkenny John McGrath - Tipperary Brian Hayes - Cork Tipperary will return to Semple Stadium with the Liam MacCarthy Cup this evening and are expected on stage at 7.30, with the ground opening from 4.30.
The Irish Sun
21-07-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Henry Shefflin picks Sunday Game Hurler of the Year but wants no accountability for selection of best 15
KILKENNY icon Henry Shefflin was given the responsibility to select the Sunday Game Hurler of The Year for 2025. Jake Morris was selected by 3 Nenagh Éire Óg's Jake Morris was selected as Hurler of the Year Credit: @THESUNDAYGAME 3 Seven Tipperary players were picked in the Sunday Game Team of the Year for 2025 Credit: @THEsundaygame 3 The former Galway manager played a big role in the Sunday Game awards Credit: @thesundaygame Shefflin was reluctant to be given the overall decision but went with the 26-year-old Tipperary wing-forward for the honour after Shefflin said: "Ronan Maher was obviously in that conversation, John McGrath was in that conversation and the third one we went for was obviously Jake (Morris). "Three Tipp lads, you talk about the recency bias like there would have been two Cork lads and Jake would have been in that earlier this morning. "And because of their performances in the All-Ireland final, both Ronan Maher and John McGrath jumped into that category of being hurlers of the year. They thoroughly deserved it the three of them. Read more on GAA "I will gladly say I think Jake Morris was in that conversation this morning and in the first half when Tipp weren't firing, he was still the one they looked to to bring them forward. "I thought he was brilliant. I think Jake has become selfless in his game 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. He's the new Tipp team. We've spoken about the younger and older lads, he's in that middle category. "And he is the one I'm sure you've identified has serious potential for a number of years. But I think we've seen it, just like the Tipp team he's grown to a stature that he is our hurler of the year this year." Most read in GAA Hurling The Sunday Game Team of the Year was made up of seven of Rhys Shelly, Robert Doyle, Eoghan Connolly and Andrew Ormond joined their three teammates nominated for Hurler of the Year in the Team of the Year. Liam Cahill speaks to RTE after Tipperary GAA win All-Ireland final Brian Hayes, Seán O'Donoghue, Ciarán Joyce and Darragh Fitzgibbon made up the Cork contingent. Galway's Cathal Mannion was the only player not to reach the semi-finals to make the team. The 2015 All-Star played a major role in getting the Tribesmen into Dublin's Cian O'Sullivan earned a spot in the side thanks to an Huw Lawlor and Martin Keoghan of Kilkenny also got the nod from the Sunday Game panel. The Sunday Game panel struggled to put together their Team of the Year with a unanimous decision almost impossible. The panel understood it was a difficult task at it wasn't going to be perfect with Ursula Jacob accepting there is going to be backlash. The four-time All-Ireland winner with Wexford said: "You can't keep everyone happy, this is just our panel of opinions. I'm sure there will lots of aggro and text messages when we come off air but sure look." Shefflin wanted to take no responsibility for the Team of the Year selection despite taking the decision for Hurler of the Year into his hands. The 11-time All-Star joked: "I wish my vote got a stronger preference in our meeting. I was outside at a meeting for some of it."
The Journal
21-07-2025
- Sport
- The Journal
Tipperary's Jake Morris gets top honour in the Sunday Game panel's Team of the Year
NEWLY-CROWNED ALL-IRELAND champions Tipperary lead the way with seven representatives on The Sunday Game's Hurling Team of the Year, including the RTÉ panel's Hurler of the Year, Jake Morris. The Premier lifted the Liam MacCarthy Cup for the first time since 2019 this evening, after a sensational second-half surge saw them beat Cork 3-27 to 1-18. Runners-up Cork have four representatives on the team, while fellow provincial champions Kilkenny see two players selected. Dublin and Galway have one apiece. The Hurling Team of the Year is always sure to stoke some debate. What do you think of the 15 our panel - first argued over - and then settled on? #RTEgaa — The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) July 20, 2025 Morris got the Hurler of the Year nod, with Ronan Maher and John McGrath the panel's other nominees. The Nenagh Éire Óg half forward clipped over two points this evening as he brought the curtain down on a memorable 2025. 'Jake Morris had a brilliant year,' said Kilkenny legend Henry Shefflin. 'Up top, he's been the spiritual leader for Tipp. When they look to someone to do something big, he's the man to turn to. 'I think Jake was in the conversation [for Hurler of the Year] this morning, and in the first half when Tipp weren't firing, he was still the one that looked to bring them forward. I thought he was brilliant.' 'I think Jake has become selfless in his game,' the former Galway manager continued. 'The amount of link-up play he does, the amount of dummy runs he does. He was a goalscorer up to now; he's now become a fulcrum of that Tipp team. 'And he's the new Tipp team. . . we spoke about the older and the younger lads, but he's in that middle category. We've identified he has serious potential for a number of years but I think we've seen, just like the Tipp team, he has grown to a stature that he is our Hurler of the Year.' Advertisement Dónal Óg Cusack, Joe Canning, Jackie Tyrrell, Ursula Jacob and Brendan Cummins joined Canning on The Sunday Game panel tonight. Tipperary's Jake Morris is The Sunday Game Hurler of the Year. Henry Shefflin explains how the Nenagh man stood out above the rest in 2025. #RTEgaa — The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) July 20, 2025 The Sunday Game Hurling Team of the Year 2025 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. Martin Keoghan (Kilkenny), 14. John McGrath (Tipperary), 15. Brian Hayes (Cork). Hurler of the Year: Jake Morris. ***** Check out the latest episode of The42′s GAA Weekly podcast here Written by Emma Duffy and originally published on The 42 whose award-winning team produces original content that you won't find anywhere else: on GAA, League of Ireland, women's sport and boxing, as well as our game-changing rugby coverage, all with an Irish eye. Subscribe here .
Irish Examiner
20-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Jake Morris named Sunday Game hurler of the year, seven Tipp players on team of the year
Tipperary's Jake Morris has been named The Sunday Game's hurler of 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)
RTÉ News
19-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Jake Morris hopeful of fairytale ending to difficult journey for Tipperary
It's been quite the journey for the Tipperary hurlers. From bottom of the table in the Munster Championship round-robin last summer, to an All-Ireland final on Sunday. The signs of improvement were there in the National League as they won five of their six regular games, and made it to the final, only to be well beaten by Sunday's opponents Cork. They'll be aiming to avoid a repeat of that result this time around, but going from June 2024 to July 2025 has taken a concerted effort from the players and management. "It's been a long road," attacker Jake Morris told RTÉ Sport ahead of the game. "It was a sobering winter for us all [after] being knocked out of the championship early again. "Lads had to go away and have a hard, long look in the mirror, really. It's a hard thing to do but it had to be done. "Pride was swallowed and really it was about coming back in and giving this one hell of a rattle. "We worked extremely hard as a group to give ourselves a chance of being in an All-Ireland final and it shows what you can do with a bit of hard work and determination. "Liam and the management have done superbly. They really learned from the last two years. There was never a doubt with our group and Liam Cahill and the people he has in with him. "It wasn't an overnight switch, it's been a lot of hard work and realisation that this county deserved better than what we had given them as players. "The onus was on us, we're the ones that take to the field, and that was it - we're really happy to be in an All-Ireland final." According to Morris, there were real low points for the players and it made being a Tipperary hurler a lonely place, at times. "The journey, what we're after coming through together over the last couple of years. Tough times, sleepless nights, being ashamed walking down your own street after how you're after performing on the Sunday. "Being told about it as well, really harsh conversations we're after having. "The hard work that's gone in this year so that when something does get thrown at you like that, you rally for each other." Talking about being competitive and actually delivering on the promise are two different things, but for Morris, one game stood out this years in terms of getting the players to really buy into the plan. After an encouraging draw with then All-Ireland favourites Limerick, they were brought back down to earth by Cork at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It mean that Tipperary's season was on the line against Clare. "The win in Ennis was massive; in the lions' den, knocking out the All-Ireland champions," he says. "That did give us a massive boost." For such a storied rivalry between Munster's two most successful counties, this is the first meeting of the old foes in an All-Ireland final. Cork have an element of a psychological edge, having won the league final meeting between the pair by 10 points, and followed it up with a 15-point trimming of the Premier County in Munster. Whether Tipp can turn that around, and how they go about it, is what makes the final such a fascinating duel. There's a real risk of a repeat of some of the one-sided finals, like 2000, 2008 or more recently 2021. But Morris says that Tipperary will always believe that on their day they can put it up to anyone. "We're always told to play to the final whistle and there's a really good, 'never say die' attitude in this team. "There's a massive bond there and it's not a bond that's fake. It's hard to create a bond when you're not winning games. "We've stuck at it and it's a really good group. No egos, an honest group, and that's coming from the management down. "We're proud players to represent our county and it's something we all love doing. Regardless of what way the result goes on Sunday, I think we can all hold our head high."
