Ireland senior men chosen as Team of the Year
and Aoife Wafer have won the XV Player of the Year gongs at the Rugby Writers of Ireland awards, sponsored by Guinness.were chosen as the Team of the Year, Ballyclare RFC got Club of the Year, and both Keith Wood and Joy Neville were inducted into the Hall of Fame.
“I’m a product of the environment I feel, but at the same time I hope a lot of the people from Ballina, from Mayo, my family and friends take a bit of enjoyment from it as well. It’s pretty cool.”Tadhg Furlong and Tom O’Toole return but Ryan Baird ruled out of Ireland’s game with Fijito a third-place finish that guaranteed qualification for the recent WX1 tournament in Canada and next year’s World Cup in England.
The popular and personable former Connacht Rugby chief executive, Gerry Kelly, received the Tom Rooney Award. Kelly was the province’s first CEO in 1999 and oversaw significant growth, including an increase in clubs from 16 to 28 and the development of rugby in non-traditional schools.
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