Regan named Player of the Year

Kiltale's Jack Regan was today named the Christy Ring Cup player of the year and he was also selected on the Champions 15 along side Killyon's Keith Keoghan and Kilskyre/Moylagh's Meath captain Sean Geraghty.

The best hurlers from the 2019 Ring, Rackard and Meagher Cups make up the Champions 15 and they will be honoured at this evening's banquet in Dublin where the Allstar hurlers and footballers will also pick up their awards.
The Champions 15 selection features seven players who competed in the Ring Cup, five who contested the Rackard Cup and three who featured in the Meager Cup.
Ring Cup winners Meath and Rackard Cup Champions Sligo lead the way claiming three places each on the 15-man selection.
The successful Sligo trio are James Weir, Keith Raymond and Gerard O’Kelly Lynch.
Down’s run to the Ring Cup final is rewarded with places for Daithí Sands and Caolan Taggart while Meagher Cup winners Leitrim are honoured with spots for Enda Moreton and James Glancy.
The remaining positions go to Armagh, Tyrone, Derry, Wicklow and Lancashire.
The Player of the Year Winners have also been confirmed. Paddy Purcell of Laois (McDonagh Cup), Meath’s Regan (Ring Cup), Keith Raymond of Sligo (Rackard Cup) and Lancashire’s Ronan Crowley (Meagher Cup) are all singled out for personal accolades on the back of excellent campaigns.
In previous years, three separate Champion 15 teams were selected from each of the three competitions.
The selection process has now evolved, with 45 players selected as Champion 15 nominees before a list of 15 is confirmed.
The new selection process has introduced player and coach feedback and has been finalised by an independent selection committee of journalists and referees.
Hurlers from the McDonagh Cup were considered alongside players from the GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championships with two of them making the list of Allstars nominations.

Champion 15 Team 2019

1: Simon Doherty (Armagh) – Nickey Rackard Cup

2: Caolan Taggart (Down) – Christy Ring Cup

3: Keith Keoghan (Meath) – Christy Ring Cup

4: Enda Moreton (Leitrim) – Lory Meagher Cup

5: James Weir (Sligo) – Nickey Rackard Cup

6: James Glancy (Leitrim) – Lory Meagher Cup

7: John Henderson (Wicklow) – Christy Ring Cup

8: Keith Raymond (Sligo) – Nickey Rackard Cup

9: Sean Geraghty (Meath) – Christy Ring Cup

10: Jack Regan (Meath) – Christy Ring Cup

11: Gerard O’Kelly Lynch (Sligo) – Nickey Rackard Cup

12: Damian Casey (Tyrone) – Nickey Rackard Cup

13: Dáithi Sands (Down) – Christy Ring Cup

14: Ronan Crowley (Lancashire) – Lory Meagher Cup

15: Sé McGuigan (Derry) – Christy Ring Cup

Player of the Year

Joe McDonagh Cup

Paddy Purcell - Laois

Christy Ring Cup

Jack Regan - Meath

Nickey Rackard Cup

Keith Raymond - Sligo

Lory Meagher Cup

Ronan Crowley - Lancashire