THE SHORTLIST FOR the 2018 RTÉ Sportsperson of the Year award has been confirmed this evening, with 13 of Ireland’s leading sports stars in the running for the prestigious accolade.
The 2018 Footballer and Hurler of the Years, Brian Fenton and Cian Lynch, are represented while Ireland’s newest amateur boxing world champion, Kellie Harrington, is named among the nominees.
Thomas Barr, who delivered a brilliant European bronze over the 400m hurdles in Berlin during the summer, Ireland’s Hockey World Cup hero Ayeisha McFerran, European gold medal-winning gymnast Rhys McClenaghan and world champion rower Sanita Puspure are all strong contenders.
But Johnny Sexton, recently named World Rugby Player of the Year, becoming just the second Irishman to receive the distinction, is the early favourite to scoop the accolade at Saturday’s RTÉ Sports Awards.
Who should win the 2018 award?
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Great news. He’s the best young centre half in the league.
@Maureen: hahahahahahahaha
@Stephen Walsh: what 20 year old centre back is better so?
@Conor O’Neill: Shhh FGS don’t you know Lindeloff and Dalot are the best in the world. Shhh now.
I know contracts aren’t really worth the paper they are written on but Liverpool’s business over the last 12 month’s of tieing their players down to longer deals with I imagine a good pay rise each time should definitely pay off over the next few years.