Byrne and Sutcliffe honoured on Rising Stars Teams

Two Dubs, David Byrne in football and Danny Sutcliffe in hurling, have been selected on the respective Higher Education GAA Independent.ie Rising Stars Teams of the 2015Independent.ie Higher Education Championships.

After two memorable weekends in Munster hosted by University College Cork and Limerick IT, DCU eventually came out on top after extra-time against the hosts and holders UCC in the Independent.ie Sigerson Cup final while it took a replay for UL to overcome reigning champions WIT in the Independent.ie Fitzgibbon Cup.

The Garda College,Ulster University Magee & Mater Dei also claimed Independent.ie Football Championships while Trinity College, Galway/Roscommon ETB & John Moores University (Liverpool) were successful in the Independent.ie Senior Hurling competitions.

Both of the premier competition champions are well represented on their respective teams (DCU(6), UL(7)), while losing finalists UCC(5) and WIT (5) also make a significant contribution. In terms of counties, Roscommon and Kerry both have the most representatives on the football team (3 each) while in the hurling Tipperary lead the way with five selections, the most of any county.

Those selected will be honoured at a function on the evening of Tuesday April 28 in Croke Park

HE GAA Independent.ie

Rising Stars Football Team 2015

1.Tadhg Lowe(DCU/Roscommon)

2. David Byrne (UCD/Dublin)

3.Jack McGuire (UCC/Kerry)

4. David Culhane (UCC/Kerry)

5. Colm Begley(DCU/Laois)

6 Conor Moynagh(DCU/Cavan)

7. Tom Clancy(UCC/Cork)

8.Steven O’Brien(DCU/Tipperary)

9.Brendan Murphy(IT Carlow/Carlow)

10.Niall Kelly (UCD / Kildare)

11.Luke Connolly(UCC/Cork )

12.Mickey Quinn(DCU/Longford)

13.Colin Compton(Garda/Roscommon)

14.Conor Cox(UCC/Kerry)

15.Enda Smith(DCU/Roscommon)

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Rising Stars Hurling Team 2015

1.Paul Maher(UL/Tipperary)

2.Brian Stapleton(UL/Tipperary)

3.Brian Troy(UL/Kilkenny)

4. Tom Fox(WIT/Tipperary)

5.Martin O’Neill(WIT/Waterford)

6.David McInerney(UL/Clare)

7.Cian Buckley(Cork IT/ Cork)

8. Danny Sutcliffe(Trinity/Dublin)

9. Tony Kelly (UL /Clare)

10.Jason Forde (UL/Tipperary)

11.Pauric Mahony(WIT/Waterford)

12.Tommy Heffernan (UL/Tipperary)

13.Gavin O’Brien(WIT/Waterford)

14.Austin Gleeson(WIT/Waterford)

15.David Reidy (LIT/Clare)

Independent.ie Rising Stars Football Breakdown

DCU (6)Kerry, Roscommon (3 each)

UCC (5)Cork (2)

UCD (2)Kildare, Longford, Dublin, Carlow, Laois, Cavan,

Garda, IT Carlow(1 each) Tipperary (1 each)