THE NOMINEES FOR the RTÉ Sport Awards Manager of the Year for 2021 have been revealed, with the winner set to be announced this Saturday, 18 December.
The nominees include managers across camogie, Gaelic football, hurling, horse racing, paracyling, rowing and rugby.
Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan are nominated having made history by becoming the first joint managers to lead a team to an All-Ireland senior football title. In their first season in charge of the Tyrone footballers, Dooher and Logan helped steer the Red Hand past Kerry in the All-Ireland semi-finals before a commanding display against Mayo in the final.
Galway camogie manager Cathal Murray is also included on the shortlist after helping Galway to a second O’Duffy Cup victory in three seasons.
Ireland lightweight rowing coach Dominic Casey is nominated following a brilliant year on the water for Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy, which included Ireland’s first ever Olympic gold medal in rowing.
Eamonn Murray guided the Meath ladies footballers to one of the biggest shocks of the season, with his team toppling Dublin in the All-Ireland final to win their first ever senior All-Ireland title. Earlier in the season, Meath were also crowned champions of Division 2 in the National League.
It was also a superb year for Waterford trainer Henry de Bromhead, who celebrated success in the Champion Hurdle, the Champion Chase and the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham festival, as well as saddling the first and second horses home in the Aintree Grand National, with Minella Times taking the victory.
Limerick hurling manager John Kiely saw the Treaty win back-to-back All-Irelands for the first time, producing a dominant performance against Cork in the final to add to a third consecutive Munster title.
Leinster head coach Leo Cullen is included after the province beat Munster in the Pro14 final to win a fourth consecutive title.
Paracycling coach Neill Delahaye makes the cut after Team Ireland delivered four medals at Tokyo 2020, Gary O’Reilly taking bronze in the H5 time trial while duo Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal won two golds and a silver at the games.
Stephen Bradley is nominated after Shamrock Rovers powered to back-to-back titles in the Airtricity League Premier Division.
Finally, Ireland’s boxing head coach Zaur Antia is also nominated after delivering two more Olympic medals in Tokyo, with Aidan Walsh winning bronze and Kellie Harrington taking gold.
RTÉ Manager of the Year nominees:
- Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan
- Cathal Murray
- Dominic Casey
- Eamonn Murray
- Henry de Bromhead
- John Kiely
- Leo Cullen
- Neill Delahaye
- Stephen Bradley
- Zaur Antia
Wow the FA actually showing a bit of backbone and rescinding a red card! If there’s any justice Costa will get a ban and Mike Dean get a warning for a shocking performance, playing up to the big game as usual
Costa did get a ban.
My comment was before the ban was announced. Delighted for the tramp
Give Costa the 3 match ban instead! Filthy animal
Costa got a 3 match ban
Just saw that now. Justice!!
costa nearly as bad as philly mc mahon
Nearly….. But , nice boys get nice girls nice boys don’t win all Ireland’s
any chance you could show a clip of the incident? never saw it
Youtube.
I never commented that
I got fraped lads
https://youtu.be/o68jQjPCDtU
Should they not remove the charge for failing to leave the pitch seeing as they justified that hos argument at the time was correct?
Feck all this lads! Eva Carneiro just left Chelsea and is looking for a new job
I’d give her a job.
Or would it be roles reversed if ya get my meaning….
in fairness though he did commit two yellow card offenses. Costa was a disgrace but Gabriel chose to get involved in the first place
It’s all a bit late Chelsea get the win and Wenger blames everyone else for Arsenal choking in another big game.
Mourinho’s next press conference should be interesting.
Why did they charge him them ?
premier league now full of pussies. thought central defenders were meant to e big hard men, not going crying to the media or the fa coz a striker bullied them
The very striker you’re referring to went crying and whinging to the referee at every opportunity
that’s why I’m saying they’re all pussies
also to be fair, I haven’t heard Koscielny or Gabriel say anything to the media. The referee is the one that referred it to the FA.
Mourinho’s gonna need a doctor. Oh…
Fareplay
I can see the potential for a lengthy ban for Costa here. they could total up every incident as a separate red card offense
Even though he’s a p rick I wouldn’t agree with that. They’d have to do it to everyone else if that was the case.
Oh I definitely don’t think it would be fair bit there was a lot that the ref didn’t see and that’s their specific role
Do you even think about half the bulls hit that comes out your mouth??
to be clear I was referring to the Koscielny incident, the Gabriel incident and the Chambers incident. All of which were not seen properly by the ref. That’s the exact requirement for the FA to look into it. I didn’t say I wanted it to be done that way or that it would be fair. Can’t quite see how that got you so riled up.
“Brazilian striker” haha nice dig.
to be fair, he’s not Spanish
Mourinho tomorrow…….conspiracy against Chelsea, they are all out to get him………blah blah