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22nd August 2018
01:04pm BST

TJ performed selfless acts like that one on more than four occasions in each of Kilkenny's seven championship games this year. That's some going and it must be a joy for Kilkenny midfielders and forwards to play alongside him.
Just below him was Dublin's raging bull Liam Rushe who became an expert in gathering possession and feeding onrushing teammates.
The unselfish McGrath brothers were neck and neck for Tipperary while John Conlon's ball-winning led to many scores for Clare.
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What's fairly surprising is that Nickie Quaid is the only one goalkeeper in the top 20 of the list. Limerick's tactic of dropping their half forward line deep out the field saw a number of scores arrive with just two pucks from Treaty hurleys.
Given the increasing emphasis that has been placed on keeper's drilling puckouts to moving targets in the modern game, we expected men like Nash and Murphy to be further up on the list but it doesn't always work that way with players often looking for a pass or indeed, getting carried away before hitting wide balls after the high of winning a puckout.
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So maybe Nickie Quaid provides the most receptive puck-outs after all?Explore more on these topics: