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Kilkenny hurling legend Henry Shefflin will this year bid to join an elite band of just two players at the top of the leader-board for GAA All Stars, after being nominated yesterday for his ninth award.

All-time Senior Hurling Championship top-scorer Henry Shefflin says that this Sunday’s All-Ireland final offers an unusual pairing, despite both Kilkenny and Tipperary being two of the superpowers of hurling.

Brian Cody was hailed as the celebrity coach that he is on Monday night last at the launch of his new autobiography Cody, when some 1,300 fans turned out to greet him at Cillin Hill.

Kilkenny have turned 2009 into their greatest ever year and have also completed the greatest decade in their illustrious history.

The senior hurling quarter final between Graigue Ballycallan and Ballyhale Shamrocks this weekend was an outstanding exhibition of hurling.

The senior club hurling semi-final between Ballyhale Shamrocks and O’Loughlin Gaels last weekend left the ‘Gaels men disappointed as the Shamrocks pushed forward into the final against James Stephens.

Kilkenny forward, Henry Shefflin has joined county compatriot DJ Carey and scooped his ninth GAA hurling All-Star this year following the Cat’s four-in-a-row achievement.

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.

It’s straight into Leinster action this weekend for Ballyhale Shamrocks, who won the Kilkenny title for a fourth successive year when beating James Stephens last Sunday.

The scoring prowess of brothers TJ and Eoin Reid played a big part as Ballyhale Shamrocks claimed their fourth Kilkenny County Championship in-a-row.