CORMAC DALY AND Aoife Doyle scooped player of the year honours at last night’s AIL awards ceremony.
Clontarf Rugby Club’s Daly was awarded Men’s Division 1A Player of the Year while head coach Andy Wood was crowned Men’s AIL Coach of the Year. Clontarf defeated Terenure College RFC in the Energia AIL final on 1 May at the Aviva Stadium, a game where Daly was named player of the match.
Irish international Aoife Doyle of Railway Union was named as Women’s Player of the Year and Blackrock College’s Ben Martin Women’s AIL Coach of the Year.
Energia AIL Player of the Year Awards
- Women’s Division Player Of The Division: Aoife Doyle, Railway Union
- Men’s Division 1A Player Of The Division: Cormac Daly, Clontarf Rugby Club
- Men’s Division 1B Player Of The Division: JJ O’Dea, Old Wesley
- Men’s Division 2A Player Of The Division: David Whitten, Queen’s University
- Men’s Division 2B Player Of The Division: Cathal Forde, Galway Corinthians
- Men’s Division 2C Player Of The Division: Niall Parker, Enniscorthy
Energia AIL Coach of the Year Awards
- Energia Men’s AIL Coach of the Year – Andy Wood, Clontarf Rugby Club
- Energia Women’s AIL Coach of the Year – Ben Martin, Blackrock College
Energia Moment of the Season
- Energia Men’s AIL Moment of the Season – Stephen O’Neill, Terenure College RFC
Energia Community Hero Award
- Energia Community Hero Award – Conall Fitzpatrick, Waterpark RFC
Energia AIL Positive Energy Award
- Energia AIL Positive Energia Award – Alex and Ivan Soroka, Clontarf Rugby Club
Energia AIL Club Scene Award
- Club Scene Award – Terenure College RFC
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Can’t help but wonder what if Ferris was still playing that would be a frightening back row.
True. Ferris would be an upgrade on Stander
Two bulldozers! Only one more sleep lads
Can’t wait to see them 3 get stuck in and cause complete mayhem
CJ and SOB are gona tear the frogs a new arsehole
When u think o mahony and Henderson has to come back into this squad,and Wat they both bring to De table,and with the quality ireland have right across all back positions now,and De quality coming through,irish rugby is definitely, at international level,in a great place..
Shame that knob jockey pape won’t be playing. We won’t get to see Seanie give him a cuddle!
Thought ruddock was on bench not TOD?
There was some confusion yesterday but it is the TOD.
It shows the quality we have in the back row when Ruddock can’t get in the 23.
Or when POM isn’t missed. (Tactically, personally we still miss him)
Disagree with that, I am biased against Munster and despite that I think he is arguably Ireland’s best forward – he is always immense when he plays for Ireland – I don’t think Stander, Henry or O’Donnell can match him
I’m a huge POM fan and really think he adds something extra. But if we lose we won’t be saying “of only Peter had been playing”. His replacement doesn’t fall THAT far short.
Just consider for a moment Henderson playing at 6 along with Stander at 8 and O’Brien at 7.
That would be the dream combination
Just need to find pace on the Inge and power in the second row and then we have a team to be feared
I’d have Henderson at second row. Completely fills the position but the advantage of another back row in the loose.
You’d sort of be missing Heaslip at 8 there, lad
Can’t wait for an ireland win..