Dublin Blue Stars
The Dublin Bus/Evening Herald Dubs Stars Football/Hurling are the players chosen as the top Gaelic football and hurling players in the in their given position in the year that the Blue stars awards are awarded. The Dublin Blue Stars are a similar award to the GAA All Stars Awards which are awarded annually by the Gaelic Athletic Association. Dublin traditionally play against the Blue stars team in a challenge match, which proves to be an opportunity to see and try out new players for the Dublin football and Hurling teams.
The 2006 Blues Star football challenge match ended with Dublin winning the game by a scoreline of 3-17 to 0-12. The 2006 Blue Star Hurling match was also won by Dublin, the game finished on a scoreline of 2-19 to 0-10. Both 2007 Blue Stars games finished level at fulltime and both games were forced into penalties and the Blue Stars won on both occasions.
Read more about Dublin Blue Stars: 2006 Football Blue Stars, 2006 Hurling Blue Stars
Famous quotes containing the words blue and/or stars:
“Tommy is three and when he’s bad
his mother dances with him.
She puts on the record,
“Red Roses for a Blue Lady”
and throws him across the room.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Frankie and Johnny were lovers, O lordy how they could love,
Swore to be true to each other, true as the stars above;
He was her man but he done her wrong.”
—Unknown. Frankie and Johnny (l. 1–3)