2009 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
Awards
Awards
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The nominations for the 2009 [GAA All Stars Awards](/wiki/GAA_All_Stars_Awards "GAA All Stars Awards") were announced on 23 September 2009\. [Henry Shefflin](/wiki/Henry_Shefflin "Henry Shefflin"), who had eight previous wins, was nominated for a potential ninth win which would have equalled the record number of wins jointly held by Kilkenny hurler [D. J. Carey](/wiki/D._J._Carey "D. J. Carey") and [Kerry](/wiki/Kerry_GAA "Kerry GAA") [footballer](/wiki/Gaelic_football "Gaelic football") [Pat Spillane](/wiki/Pat_Spillane "Pat Spillane"). [Tommy Walsh](/wiki/Tommy_Walsh_%28hurler%2C_born_1983%29 "Tommy Walsh (hurler, born 1983)") was nominated for a seventh consecutive year. Tipperary's [Eoin Kelly](/wiki/Eoin_Kelly_%28Tipperary_hurler%29 "Eoin Kelly (Tipperary hurler)") received his sixth nomination. Despite losing the final, Tipperary achieved one more nomination than Kilkenny, and all but two of the team which started the final were included. First\-time nominees for the finalists were [Pádraic Maher](/wiki/P%C3%A1draic_Maher "Pádraic Maher"), [Paddy Stapleton](/wiki/Paddy_Stapleton "Paddy Stapleton"), [James Woodlock](/wiki/James_Woodlock "James Woodlock"), [Pat Kerwick](/wiki/Pat_Kerwick "Pat Kerwick"), [John O'Brien](/wiki/John_O%27Brien_%28hurler%29 "John O'Brien (hurler)") and [Noel McGrath](/wiki/Noel_McGrath_%28hurler%29 "Noel McGrath (hurler)") of Tipperary and [Michael Rice](/wiki/Michael_Rice_%28hurler%29 "Michael Rice (hurler)") of Kilkenny.

Kilkenny won six All\-Star Awards, with Shefflin and Walsh included. Tipperary won four.


How did Tipperary's performance in the final affect their nomination count?