BRID STACK, WINNER of 11 All-Irelands with her native Cork, has brought her inter-county career to an end at the age of 32.
The 2016 Ladies Footballer of the Year confirmed her decision in an interview with The Irish Examiner which will be available in tomorrow’s paper.
Stack is one of only four players to have tallied 11 senior All-Ireland medals, and played every minute of every final in which she and Cork were successful.
“You’d love to do it all over again,” she told the Examiner. “It went by in a fecking flash. But life moves on. There is still a great team and they’re well capable of recapturing an All-Ireland. The future is good. Ladies football is a great spectacle now.
I’m moving on with the best memories, stories and friendships that will last me a lifetime.
One of the greatest full-backs to ever play the game, seven-time All-Star Stack was first drafted into the Cork panel alongside fellow legend Briege Corkery 16 years ago.
The St Val’s star was named Player of the Match in Cork’s 2007 All-Ireland final win over Mayo, and nine years later joined Corkery, Rena Buckley and Deirdre O’Reilly in draping an 11th medal around her neck.
That same year, in 2016, Stack was nominated for RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year.
She will continue to play club football this year.
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You’d think he’d have more on his mind with the state his Monaco side is at the moment.
This is the reason Ronaldo has won his last 3, people have started conflating team success with the best player in the world. They should be kept separate, your reward for team success is your medal and a trophy for the team.
@William Boland: Your right to a point but look at Real now. Maybe he won those awards because he made his team so successful. At the moment that’s looks to be the case
@MarkSul: I wouldn’t say that. They could win the CL, and still can this year, because they had a good team, but their league form shows that the squad was not that good, similar to last year’s Liverpool squad.
@MarkSul: ya I was thinking that maybe because Ronaldo is so demanding of everybody (i.e moany) around him that the Madrid players raised their games while he was around. Then naturally when hes gone they’ve all subconsciously eased off a little. That on top of losing a guaranteed 30+ goals a season would explain their recent slump
Not Griezzman
No fear of it being a Monaco player anyway
Is he being serious
Handball Henry is full of shit.
I’d say stick to the commentary or management but he’s crap at both